Diesel prices reach lowest price in a month
The average price of a gallon of on-highway diesel went down 1.8 cents to $2.565 per gallon for the week ending Monday, May 8. This marks the third consecutive decrease after three straight weeks of increases and lowest prices since April 3 when diesel was $2.556.
Diesel price averages went down in all 10 regions in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration, enough to drop the overall average. The largest average decrease was in the West Coast less California region, where prices at the pump went down by 2.8 cents per gallon. Prices decreased by six-tenths of a cent in the Lower Atlantic region, the smallest decrease in the nation.
Following are the average prices by region as reported by the EIA:
โข U.S. โ $2.565, down 1.8 cents
โข East Coast โ $2.612, down 1.2 cents
โข New England โ $2.642, down 1.1 cents
โข Central Atlantic โ $2.753,ย down 2.0 cents
โข Lower Atlantic โ $2.507, down six-tenths of a cent
โข Midwest โ $2.497, down 1.9 cents
โข Gulf Coast โ $2.410, down 2.5 cents
โข Rocky Mountain โ $2.651, down 1.5 cents
โข West Coast โ $2.846, down 1.8 cents
โข West Coast less California โ $2.747, down 2.8 cents
โข California โ $2.927, down 1.0 cent
