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:
โข U.S. โ $2.992, down 1.5 cents
โข East Coast โ $3.046, down 1.1 cents
โข New England โ $3.1267, down one-tenth of a cent
โข Central Atlantic โ $3.24, down 1.5 cents
โข Lower Atlantic โ $2.894, down 1.2 cents
โข Midwest โ $2.92, down 2.7 cents
โข Gulf Coast โ $2.793, down four-tenths of one cent
โข Rocky Mountain โ $2.91, down 2.6 cents
โข West Coast โ $3.392, down five-tenths of a cent
โข West Coast less California โ $3.064, unchanged
โข California โ $3.652, down eight-tenths of a cent