Diesel keeps creeping up, rises 3.4 cents to $4.177
Diesel prices keep rising.
The Trucker Staff
4/28/2008
Diesel continues to set records this week hitting an all time high of $4.177 per gallon, according to the weekly retail on-highway diesel prices provided by the Energy Information Administration.
The price per gallon was up $0.034 from last week and $1.366 from the same week one year ago. Every region showed an increase on the average price per gallon with the exception of the New England region which remained the same as the prior week.
California’s average price per gallon rose $0.073 to $4.390 as of April 28, that’s $1.403 more than the same week last year.
For a three week comparison of prices per region see chart below.
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Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices - Average All Types
(Dollars per gallon, including all taxes) |
|
Region |
04/14/08 |
04/21/08 |
04/28/08 |
Change from
week ago |
Change from
year ago |
| U.S. |
4.059 |
4.143 |
4.177 |
0.034 |
1.366 |
| East Coast |
4.117 |
4.207 |
4.230 |
0.023 |
1.430 |
| New England |
4.239 |
4.346 |
4.346 |
0.000 |
1.475 |
| Central Atlantic |
4.266 |
4.370 |
4.376 |
0.006 |
1.503 |
| Lower Atlantic |
4.043 |
4.126 |
4.157 |
0.031 |
1.395 |
| Midwest |
4.013 |
4.098 |
4.133 |
0.035 |
1.358 |
| Gulf Coast |
4.000 |
4.077 |
4.113 |
0.036 |
1.347 |
| Rocky Mountain |
4.039 |
4.111 |
4.141 |
0.030 |
1.153 |
| West Coast |
4.176 |
4.255 |
4.312 |
0.057 |
1.360 |
|
| California |
4.234 |
4.317 |
4.390 |
0.073 |
1.403 |