Fort Lauderdale, FL – The nation’s gas prices took another dip during the past week, according to the latest weekly price survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The E.I.A. price survey shows the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas fell over two cents per gallon to $2.82.
Prices fell across nearly every region, save for the Rocky Mountains, which bucked the national trend and rose by nearly two cents per gallon. Elsewhere, prices fell across a range from one-and-a-half cents across the West Coast, sans California, to well over three cents per gallon in the Lower Atlantic states.
The cost of diesel trickled down about a penny per gallon, according to the E.I.A., about half the pace of regular gas. The E.I.A. reports the national average cost of diesel is now about $3.21 per gallon.
This week’s average fuel prices for all regions are shown below, as gathered from www.eia.gov.
E.I.A. Gas Price Survey
| 08/06/18 | 08/13/18 | 08/20/18 | week ago | year ago | ||
| U.S. | 2.852 | 2.843 | 2.821 |  -0.022 |
 0.461 |
|
| East Coast (PADD1) | 2.802 | 2.803 | 2.777 | -0.026 |
0.474 |
|
| New England (PADD1A) | 2.890 | 2.882 | 2.863 | -0.019 |
0.500 |
|
| Central Atlantic (PADD1B) | 2.930 | 2.927 | 2.910 | -0.017 |
0.476 |
|
| Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) | 2.699 | 2.703 | 2.670 | -0.033 |
0.483 |
|
| Midwest (PADD2) | 2.773 | 2.748 | 2.730 | -0.018 |
0.481 |
|
| Gulf Coast (PADD3) | 2.590 | 2.586 | 2.568 | -0.018 |
0.450 |
|
| Rocky Mountain (PADD4) | 2.924 | 2.944 | 2.963 | 0.019 |
0.509 |
|
| West Coast (PADD5) | 3.342 | 3.329 | 3.307 | -0.022 |
0.421 |
|
| West Coast less California | 3.146 | 3.132 | 3.118 | -0.014 |
0.477 |
E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey
| 08/06/18 | 08/13/18 | 08/20/18 | week ago | year ago | ||
| U.S. | 3.223 | 3.217 | 3.207 | -0.010 |
0.611 |
|
| East Coast (PADD1) | 3.222 | 3.219 | 3.207 | -0.012 |
0.590 |
|
| New England (PADD1A) | 3.271 | 3.265 | 3.261 | -0.004 |
0.645 |
|
| Central Atlantic (PADD1B) | 3.393 | 3.387 | 3.380 | -0.007 |
0.624 |
|
| Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) | 3.093 | 3.091 | 3.076 | -0.015 |
0.557 |
|
| Midwest (PADD2) | 3.151 | 3.139 | 3.129 | -0.010 |
0.562 |
|
| Gulf Coast (PADD3) | 2.995 | 2.990 | 2.981 | -0.009 |
0.573 |
|
| Rocky Mountain (PADD4) | 3.361 | 3.358 | 3.349 | -0.009 |
0.635 |
|
| West Coast (PADD5) | 3.717 | 3.714 | 3.706 | -0.008 |
0.823 |
|
| West Coast less California | 3.432 | 3.425 | 3.423 | -0.002 |
0.637 |
|
| California | 3.943 | 3.942 | 3.929 | -0.013 |
0.968 |
*PADD stands for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. Charts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/