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The nationwide average price of diesel fuel increased by 1.2 cents a gallon over the past week, according to data released June 14 by the Energy Information Administration.
Diesel now costs an average of $3.286 a gallon and is 88.3 cents per gallon more expensive than a year ago.
- It is most expensive in California at $4.084 a gallon following a 1.5-cent rise, and least expensive in the Gulf Coast at $3.04 a gallon following a rise of six-tenths of a cent.
- The cost of diesel has increased now for seven consecutive weeks, climbing from $3.124 to $3.286 (16.2 cents) in that span.
- The average price increased in nine of the 10 regions surveyed by EIA; only in the Rocky Mountain Region did it fall, by four-tenths of a cent to an average of $3.382 a gallon.
- Gasoline saw an even bigger surge, as a 3.4-cent increase pushed the average nationwide price to $3.069 a gallon, 97.1 cents a gallon more than a year ago.
U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices
Source: EIA.gov
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