1/22/2013

By Kimberely Lennard, Land Line staff writer


The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports the national average price of diesel at $3.902, a rise of eight-tenths of a cent over a week ago and 5.4 cents above the same week last year.

While prices in the New England region dropped a penny, the area still reports the highest average at $4.158. The Rocky Mountain region rose 1.7 cents, but remains lowest in national diesel prices at $3.678.

The price of diesel as reported by EIA for each region is as follows:

U.S. – $3.902, up eight-tenths of a cent
East Coast – $4.00, down two-tenths of a cent
New England – $4.158, down 1 cent
Central Atlantic – $4.089, down one-half cent
Lower Atlantic – $3.904, up three-tenths of a cent
Midwest – $3.845, up 1.1 cents
Gulf Coast – $3.831, up seven-tenths of a cent
Rocky Mountain – $3.678, up 1.7 cents
West Coast – $4.004, up 1.6 cents
West Coast less California – $3.911, up 1.1 cents
California – $4.082, up 1.9 cents

ProMiles, which surveys diesel prices daily at 9,400 truck stops, reported diesel prices at $3.876 on Tuesday, up two-tenths a cent overnight and 8.4 cents above the previous Monday.

In separate energy news, midday trading in New York showed light sweet crude oil prices at $96.13, an increase of $1.97 over the previous Monday. Light sweet crude is the type most commonly associated with diesel production.


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Thanks Neal. Prices stay right around 3.79 here. Haven't gone up or down significantly in over two years.

 

Same here. Thanks Neal.