WASHINGTON — The average on-highway price of a gallon of diesel dropped 1.5 cents a gallon to $3.136 for the week ending June 3, according to the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy.
All told the price has dropped 3.5 cents during the past four weeks.
All regions of the country declined, led by California at 2.5 cents, followed by the total West Coast (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and California) and 1.8 cents a gallon in both the Rocky Mountain states (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado) and the Gulf Coast (New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama).
This week’s price is 14.9 cents a gallon lower than the comparable week last year.
For a complete list of prices by region for the past three weeks, click here.
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