ย It is 12 weeks running for the slide in the U.S. average price for a gallon of diesel fuel reported by the federal Energy Information Administration.
On Monday, Jan. 7, the EIA reported the average price for a gallon of diesel across the U.S. dropped 3.5 cents to $3.013. Not only is it barely a penny above the $3-per-gallon mark, it also is only 1.7 cents above what the EIA reported one year ago.
Following are the average prices by region as reported by the EIA for Monday:
- U.S. โ $3.013, down 3.5 cents.
- East Coast โ $3.069, down 4.1 cents.
- New England โ $3.216, down 1.8 cents.
- Central Atlantic โ $3.242, down 4.4 cents.
- Lower Atlantic โ $2.921, down 4.4 cents.
- Midwest โ $2.869, down 3.8 cents.
- Gulf Coast โ $2.821, down 2 cents.
- Rocky Mountain โ $3.026, 4.5 cents.
- West Coast โ $3.528, down 3.4 cents.
- West Coast without California โ $3.18, down 6.6 cents.
- California โ $3.805, down four-fifths of a cent.
