Fort Lauderdale, FL – Gas prices are trickling higher for most drivers across the United States, according to the latest weekly fuel price survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The E.I.A.’s weekly survey shows the cost of gas moved slightly higher this week, about a third of a penny, on average, but not enough to change the nation’s average gas price, which remains $2.84 per gallon. Prices by region swung in different directions, according to the weekly survey. Across much of the East Coast, drivers experienced price declines of between one and two cents per gallon. The dip in retail costs was more than two cents per gallon across the Lower Atlantic, according to E.I.A. figures. However, drivers across the Midwest were socked with another stiff price hike, this time nearly three cents per gallon, on average, adding to a spate of weekly price increases in that region. Diesel prices increased by about a third of penny per gallon, on average, according to the E.I.A. As with regular gas, the national average did not move, remaining at about $3.27 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
09/10/18 | 09/17/18 | 09/24/18 | week ago | year ago | ||
U.S. | 2.833 | 2.841 | 2.844 | 0.003 | 0.261 | |
East Coast (PADD1) | 2.786 | 2.788 | 2.772 | -0.016 | 0.130 | |
New England (PADD1A) | 2.864 | 2.869 | 2.856 | -0.013 | 0.152 | |
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) | 2.928 | 2.929 | 2.906 | -0.023 | 0.205 | |
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) | 2.674 | 2.676 | 2.664 | -0.012 | 0.084 | |
Midwest (PADD2) | 2.740 | 2.761 | 2.789 | 0.028 | 0.422 | |
Gulf Coast (PADD3) | 2.572 | 2.561 | 2.559 | -0.002 | 0.136 | |
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) | 3.008 | 3.014 | 3.014 | 0.000 | 0.432 | |
West Coast (PADD5) | 3.336 | 3.344 | 3.350 | 0.006 | 0.346 | |
West Coast less California | 3.128 | 3.127 | 3.131 | 0.004 | 0.366 |
E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey
09/10/18 | 09/17/18 | 09/24/18 | week ago | year ago | ||
U.S. | 3.258 | 3.268 | 3.271 | 0.003 | 0.483 | |
East Coast (PADD1) | 3.246 | 3.252 | 3.254 | 0.002 | 0.443 | |
New England (PADD1A) | 3.255 | 3.267 | 3.270 | 0.003 | 0.508 | |
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) | 3.407 | 3.415 | 3.416 | 0.001 | 0.491 | |
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) | 3.131 | 3.135 | 3.136 | 0.001 | 0.396 | |
Midwest (PADD2) | 3.194 | 3.208 | 3.218 | 0.010 | 0.477 | |
Gulf Coast (PADD3) | 3.039 | 3.056 | 3.052 | -0.004 | 0.428 | |
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) | 3.367 | 3.363 | 3.355 | -0.008 | 0.523 | |
West Coast (PADD5) | 3.746 | 3.755 | 3.759 | 0.004 | 0.656 | |
West Coast less California | 3.465 | 3.473 | 3.473 | 0.000 | 0.465 | |
California | 3.969 | 3.979 | 3.986 | 0.007 | 0.806 |
*PADD stands for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. Charts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/