Both the federal Energy Information Administration and mileage-tracking software company ProMiles each report decreases in the national U.S. average price for a gallon of diesel fuel on Monday compared to last week, the first time since Aug. 20.
According to the federal EIA, the average cost for a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide on Monday, Oct. 22, was down 1.4 cents.
ProMiles reports the U.S. average being down nearly a penny.
Both indexes are relatively consistent with their numbers, with EIA and ProMiles both showing increases in the New England and Rocky Mountain regions.
Following are the average prices by region as reported by the EIA for Monday:
- U.S. – $3.38, down 1.4 cents
- East Coast – $3.369, down 1.3 cents
- New England – $3.368, up seven-tenths of a cent
- Central Atlantic – $3.533, down 1.1 cents
- Lower Atlantic – $3.254, down 1.8 cents
- Midwest – $3.333, down 1.8 cents
- Gulf Coast – $3.152, down 2 cents
- Rocky Mountain – $3.408, up eight-tenths of a cent
- West Coast – $3.871, down nine-tenths of a cent
- West Coast less California – $3.587, down four-tenths of a cent
- California – $4.096, down 1.3 cents
