For the fourth week in a row, the average U.S. price for a gallon of diesel went up, according to the Energy Information Administration, although this week’s increase is tiny.
The average price for a gallon of diesel on Monday, April 9, was $3.043 per gallon. That is one-tenth of a cent higher than a week earlier.
Both indexes show minimal changes in prices east of the Rockies and higher prices in the Rockies and on the West Coast.
Following are the average prices by region as reported by the EIA for Monday:
- U.S. – $3.043, up one-tenth of a cent
- East Coast – $3.066, unchanged’
- New England – $3.116, down one-tenth of a cent
- Central Atlantic – $3.232, down one-tenth of a cent
- Lower Atlantic – $2.939, up one-tenth of a cent
- Midwest – $2.957, down a half cent
- Gulf Coast – $2.844, down seven-tenths of a cent
- Rocky Mountain – $3.086, up 4.2 cents
- West Coast – $3.50, up 1.3 cents
- West Coast less California – $3.2262, up 2.4 cents
- California – $3.717, up 3 cents.
