Gas Price Report For April 26, 2021

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

E.I.A. Gas Price Survey

04/12/21 04/19/21 04/26/21 week ago year ago
U.S. 2.849 2.855 2.872 +0.017 +1.099
East Coast (PADD1) 2.754 2.750 2.758 +0.008 +0.948
New England (PADD1A) 2.744 2.754 2.785 +0.031 +0.952
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.850 2.847 2.885 +0.038 +0.888
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.695 2.688 2.672 -0.016 +0.988
Midwest (PADD2) 2.754 2.772 2.795 +0.023 +1.317
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.577 2.565 2.586 +0.021 +1.078
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.952 2.973 2.993 +0.020 +1.184
West Coast (PADD5) 3.507 3.527 3.552 +0.025 +1.098
West Coast less California 3.164 3.172 3.195 +0.023 +0.979

E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey

04/12/21 04/19/21 04/26/21 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.129 3.124 3.124 0.000 +0.687
East Coast (PADD1) 3.100 3.096 3.093 -0.003 +0.548
New England (PADD1A) 3.071 3.071 3.080 +0.009 +0.403
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.257 3.259 3.268 +0.009 +0.557
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.001 2.993 2.980 -0.013 +0.574
Midwest (PADD2) 3.061 3.054 3.058 0.004 +0.771
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.924 2.923 2.917 -0.006 +0.709
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.256 3.232 3.228 -0.004 +0.794
West Coast (PADD5) 3.644 3.645 3.651 +0.006 +0.717
West Coast less California 3.248 3.248 3.250 +0.002 +0.657
California 3.975 3.977 3.986 +0.009 +0.772

*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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