The average price for a gallon of diesel nationwide climbed from $3.006 to $3.048, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). With the weekly increase of 4.2 cents, diesel is 4.1 cents more than it was a year ago and the highest it has been since Dec. 31, 2018, when it was also $3.048.
Diesel prices rose in every EIA region in the country, with the Midwest seeing the largest spike, 6.5 cents, from $2.904 to $2.969, to remain of four regions where the diesel is still below $3 per gallon.
The Gulf Coast saw a 4-cent jump, but the region continues to have the lowest diesel prices in the nation, at $2.849.
Prices rose the least on the East Coast, particularly in New England, where the price rose a mere $0.006, from $3.165 to $3.171. In the Lower Atlantic, the price increase was $0.022, to finish at $2.949. With the Central Atlantic region logging a 3-cent jump, the East Coast overall saw a net gain of $0.021, to $3.094 per gallon.
The Rocky Mountain region also had one of the smaller increases, $0.026, from $2.887 to $2.913. Three weeks ago, every region in the nation had lower diesel prices than a year earlier. With the recent upsurge, The Rocky Mountain region is the only region where the year-to-year price is still lower.
On the West Coast, the price jump was $0.035 overall, with a jump of $0.033 in California, and $0.037 on the rest of the coast.
On Monday, Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, fell $2.36, or 3.50 percent, to $64.76 a barrel. U.S. crude ended Monday’s session down $1.78, or 3.1 percent, at $55.48.
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