Diesel prices continue to decrease this week, according to March 5 data from the Energy Information Administration.
Per-gallon prices Midwest dropped the most, 2.7 cents to $2.894. Prices in Rocky Mountain states dropped 2.6 cents from a week ago, to $2.91 per gallon.
Following are the average prices by region as reported by the EIA:
• U.S. – $2.992, down 1.5 cents
• East Coast – $3.046, down 1.1 cents
• New England – $3.1267, down one-tenth of a cent
• Central Atlantic – $3.24, down 1.5 cents
• Lower Atlantic – $2.894, down 1.2 cents
• Midwest – $2.92, down 2.7 cents
• Gulf Coast – $2.793, down four-tenths of one cent
• Rocky Mountain – $2.91, down 2.6 cents
• West Coast – $3.392, down five-tenths of a cent
• West Coast less California – $3.064, unchanged
• California – $3.652, down eight-tenths of a cent
