The average price of a gallon of on-highway diesel went down nine-tenths of cent to $2.90 per gallon for the week ending Monday, Dec. 18.
Diesel prices went down in eight of 10 regions in the United States, according to the Energy Information Administration. The largest average decrease was in the Rocky Mountain region, where prices at the pump went down 3.3 cents per gallon. Prices went up one-tenth of a cent in the New England region, the only increase in the nation.
Following are the average prices by region as reported by the EIA:
โข U.S. โ $2.901, down nine-tenths of a cent
โข East Coast โ $2.897, down four-tenths of a cent
โข New England โ $2.924, up 2.4 cents
โข Central Atlantic โ $3.06, unchanged
โข Lower Atlantic โ $2.788, down 1 cent
โข Midwest โ $2.853, down 1 cent
โข Gulf Coast โ $2.697, down eight-tenths of a cent
โข Rocky Mountain โ $2.958, down 3.3 cents
โข West Coast โ $3.327, down 1.7 cents
โข West Coast less California โ $3.044, down 2.8 cents
โข California โ $3.552, down eight-tenths of a cent
