Fort Lauderdale, FL – Prices at the gas pump continue surging, according to the latest weekly price survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The E.I.A. report shows the average cost of the nation’s gas jumped another nickel per gallon this week to settle just under $2.80. Prices pushed significantly higher across the nearly all regions, with costs across the Central Atlantic and New England states jumping nearly seven cents per gallon. For drivers in the Central Atlantic, prices were closing in on $2.90, the only region where prices are so high without going over the crucial $3.00-per-gallon bright line. On the West Coast, that line was crossed earlier this month, and prices this week jumped another four cents to hit nearly $3.09. For drivers in California, prices remain the highest in the nation, averaging $3.57 statewide. Truckers were hit with another dramatic price increase this week, as well, according to the E.I.A. survey. The nation’s average cost of diesel jumped about three cents per gallon to $3.13 per gallon, a figure that is about 54¢ per gallon higher than last year at this time, according to the E.I.A. That translates into about a 21-percent increase in fuel costs for truckers, on average, year over year. 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
*PADD stands for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. Charts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/
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