Fort Lauderdale, FL – The nation’s average fuel prices surged during the past week, according to the latest fuel price survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The E.I.A. weekly report, which surveys fuel districts across nine regions and sub-regions, found spikes in gas prices in California and across the Midwest were major factors in this week’s seven-cent price hike. The nation’s average gas price now stands at $2.56 per gallon. Regionally, drivers across the broad West Coast region, which includes California, saw prices lurch upward over 12¢ per gallon to settle over the $3.00 mark for the first time in weeks. As a region, the West Coast prices are the highest in the country, averaging about $3.05 per gallon of regular unleaded. On the other side of the spectrum, prices along the Gulf Coast increased modestly to an average of $2.25 per gallon. Truckers felt an equal amount of pain at the pump, as prices for diesel jumped over six cents per gallon, on average, this week, according to the E.I.A. The average cost for a gallon of diesel is now $2.88. Fuel prices for all regions are shown below, as gathered from www.eia.gov.
E.I.A. Gas Price Survey
E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey
Note: PADD is an acronym for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts.