Gas Price Report For May 25, 2020

Editor’s Note: Memorial Day Holiday on May 25. Report released May 26, 2020.

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

E.I.A. Gas Price Survey

05/04/20 05/11/20 05/18/20 week ago year ago
U.S. 1.789 1.851 1.878 +0.027 -0.974
East Coast (PADD1) 1.794 1.815 1.833 +0.018 -0.890
New England (PADD1A) 1.825 1.864 1.878 +0.014 -0.951
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 1.983 2.007 2.037 +0.030 -0.856
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 1.665 1.679 1.692 +0.013 -0.899
Midwest (PADD2) 1.573 1.751 1.783 +0.032 -0.959
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 1.488 1.501 1.541 +0.040 -0.976
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 1.772 1.764 1.820 +0.056 -1.162
West Coast (PADD5) 2.441 2.452 2.479 +0.027 -1.188
West Coast less California 2.208 2.216 2.229 +0.013 -1.116

E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey

05/11/20 05/18/20 05/25/20 week ago year ago
U.S. 2.394 2.386 2.390 +0.004 -0.761
East Coast (PADD1) 2.498 2.491 2.498 +0.007 -0.666
New England (PADD1A) 2.630 2.620 2.624 +0.004 -0.601
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.680 2.667 2.666 -0.001 -0.694
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.348 2.345 2.359 +0.014 -0.661
Midwest (PADD2) 2.240 2.229 2.230 +0.001 -0.808
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.178 2.175 2.175 +0.000 -0.718
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.346 2.338 2.348 +0.010 -0.833
West Coast (PADD5) 2.900 2.887 2.902 +0.015 -0.880
West Coast less California 2.557 2.543 2.561 +0.018 -0.777
California 3.182 3.171 3.182 +0.011 -0.952

*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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