Gas Price Report For August 2, 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

07/19/21 07/26/21 08/02/21 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.153 3.136 3.159 +0.023 +0.983
East Coast (PADD1) 3.023 3.009 3.026 +0.017 +0.921
New England (PADD1A) 3.054 3.046 3.051 +0.005 +0.933
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.164 3.158 3.188 +0.030 +0.951
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.929 2.910 2.921 +0.011 +0.903
Midwest (PADD2) 3.060 3.030 3.049 +0.019 +0.994
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.833 2.806 2.835 +0.029 +0.988
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.559 3.598 3.640 +0.042 +1.270
West Coast (PADD5) 3.881 3.883 3.914 +0.031 +1.082
West Coast less California 3.537 3.552 3.570 +0.018 +1.009

E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey

07/19/21 07/26/21 08/02/21 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.344 3.342 3.367 +0.025 +0.943
East Coast (PADD1) 3.312 3.311 3.332 +0.021 +0.815
New England (PADD1A) 3.251 3.252 3.255 +0.003 +0.624
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.478 3.473 3.493 +0.020 +0.797
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.211 3.213 3.238 +0.025 +0.866
Midwest (PADD2) 3.264 3.258 3.278 +0.020 +0.980
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.083 3.079 3.097 +0.018 +0.922
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.634 3.647 3.666 +0.019 +1.323
West Coast (PADD5) 3.929 3.934 3.993 +0.059 +1.038
West Coast less California 3.598 3.610 3.661 +0.051 +1.069
California 4.205 4.204 4.271 +0.067 +1.018

*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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