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The average retail cost for a gallon of diesel in the U.S. increased more than 9 cents in the past week, according to the weekly report issued for Monday, Sept. 23, by the Energy Information Administration.
Steep increases were reported for all regions, ranging from 5.7 cents per gallon in New England to 11 cents per gallon in the Midwest region.
Despite the increase, the U.S. average diesel fuel price is 19 cents lower than one year ago.
Following are the average prices for diesel fuel by region as reported by the EIA for Monday:
- U.S. โ $3.081, up 9.4 cents.
- East Coast โ $3.083, up 8.5 cents.
- New England โ $3.07, up 5.7 cents.
- Central Atlantic โ $3.252, up 7.5 cents.
- Lower Atlantic โ $2.971, up 9.7 cents.
- Midwest โ $2.992, up 11 cents.
- Gulf Coast โ $2.858, up 9.7 cents.
- Rocky Mountain โ $3.034, up 7.5 cents.
- West Coast โ $3.65, up 7.6 cents.
- West Coast without California โ $3.238, up 7.7 cents.
- California โ $3.976, up 7.5 cents.
Source: EIA
