Gas Price Report For August 9, 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

07/26/21 08/02/21 08/09/21 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.136 3.159 3.172 +0.013 +1.006
East Coast (PADD1) 3.009 3.026 3.040 +0.014 +0.947
New England (PADD1A) 3.046 3.051 3.055 +0.004 +0.940
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.158 3.188 3.180 -0.008 +0.941
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.910 2.921 2.950 +0.029 +0.954
Midwest (PADD2) 3.030 3.049 3.064 +0.015 +1.005
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.806 2.835 2.830 -0.005 +1.017
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.598 3.640 3.672 +0.032 +1.304
West Coast (PADD5) 3.883 3.914 3.936 +0.022 +1.111
West Coast less California 3.552 3.570 3.593 +0.023 +1.041

E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey

07/26/21 08/02/21 08/09/21 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.342 3.367 3.364 -0.003 +0.936
East Coast (PADD1) 3.311 3.332 3.328 -0.004 +0.814
New England (PADD1A) 3.252 3.255 3.262 +0.007 +0.629
Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.473 3.493 3.493 0.000 +0.801
Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.213 3.238 3.230 -0.008 +0.860
Midwest (PADD2) 3.258 3.278 3.271 -0.007 +0.966
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.079 3.097 3.083 -0.014 +0.900
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.647 3.666 3.675 +0.009 +1.306
West Coast (PADD5) 3.934 3.993 4.009 +0.016 +1.054
West Coast less California 3.610 3.661 3.675 +0.014 +1.087
California 4.204 4.271 4.288 +0.017 +1.032

*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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