The average price for a gallon of diesel nationwide didn’t budge for the week ending January 28, holding at $2.965, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
That price is 10.5 cents below what it was one year ago.
Broken down by region most of the nation saw a tiny drop in the price of diesel. The only exceptions were in the Central Atlantic, where the price rose $0.022, to finish at $3.237, and the Lower Atlantic, where the price rose $0.009, to $2.893. Combined with a drop of $0.003 in New England, the East Coast overall saw a net gain of $0.013, to $3.05 per gallon.
All other regions posted a decline over the past week, albeit very small declines. In the Gulf Coast and Midwest regions, where diesel prices are lowest, the price only dropped one-tenth of a cent. The price for a gallon of diesel in the Gulf Coast stands at $2.789. while in the Midwest, it is $2.806.
Diesel is 22.4 cents below what it was a year ago in the Midwest, by far the sharpest decline of any region. The next closest is the Gulf Coast with a year-to-year drop of 7.9 cents.
The Rocky Mountain region saw the largest drop in diesel over the past week, $0.033, to $2.911.
On the West Coast, the price dropped $0.015 overall, with a drop of $0.013 in California, where the price for a gallon of diesel stands at $3.726. California and New England remain the only two individual regions where diesel is more expensive than it was a year ago.
On Monday, Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, fell $1.67, or 2.71 percent, to $59.92 a barrel. U.S. crude ended Monday’s session down $1.47, or 2.74 percent, at $52.22.
Click here for a complete list of average prices by region for the past three weeks.
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