Gas Price Report For May 6, 2019

This week’s average fuel prices for all regions are shown below, as gathered from www.eia.gov.

E.I.A. Gas Price Survey

04/22/19 04/29/19 05/06/19 week ago year ago
U.S. 2.841 2.887 2.897 values are up 0.010 values are up 0.052
East Coast (PADD1) 2.733 2.780 2.792 values are up 0.012 no change 0.000
  New England (PADD1A) 2.737 2.824 2.860 values are up 0.036 values are up 0.024
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.857 2.932 2.929 values are down -0.003 values are up 0.012
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.655 2.675 2.690 values are up 0.015 values are up 0.005
Midwest (PADD2) 2.722 2.765 2.767 values are up 0.002 values are up 0.070
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.535 2.582 2.557 values are down -0.025 values are down -0.032
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.759 2.843 2.919 values are up 0.076 values are up 0.098
West Coast (PADD5) 3.629 3.671 3.707 values are up 0.036 values are up 0.243
  West Coast less California 3.243 3.295 3.346 values are up 0.051 values are up 0.173

E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey

04/22/19 04/29/19 05/06/19 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.147 3.169 3.171 values are up 0.002 no change 0.000
East Coast (PADD1) 3.174 3.194 3.190 values are down -0.004 values are up 0.012
  New England (PADD1A) 3.217 3.236 3.245 values are up 0.009 values are up 0.030
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.370 3.385 3.379 values are down -0.006 values are up 0.043
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.033 3.057 3.051 values are down -0.006 values are down -0.010
Midwest (PADD2) 3.042 3.058 3.064 values are up 0.006 values are down -0.028
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.917 2.939 2.927 values are down -0.012 values are down -0.028
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.143 3.183 3.186 values are up 0.003 values are down -0.063
West Coast (PADD5) 3.696 3.730 3.765 values are up 0.035 values are up 0.103
  West Coast less California 3.309 3.346 3.345 values are down -0.001 values are down -0.064
  California 4.003 4.035 4.097 values are up 0.062 values are up 0.234

*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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