A tanker truck delivers fuel to an Oregon filling station. The price of diesel on the West Coast dropped 4.8 cents a gallon. (Transport Topics photo)
The national average diesel price changed course from a week earlier, dropping 4.9 cents to settle at $3.487 a gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released May 28.
Trucking’s main fuel increased 6 cents the week of May 19, interrupting a run of five straight price drops that had totaled 16.3 cents.
The price for a gallon of diesel is now 27.1 cents less on average than it was at this time in 2024.
PADD
(PADD — Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Regional Trends
Diesel’s average price dropped in all five PADDs, with the Rocky Mountain and Gulf Coast regions shedding 6.7 and 6.5 cents, respectively. The Central Atlantic subregion of the East Coast showed a rise of 1.3 cents.
US On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Gasoline Update
The national average price for a gallon of gasoline dipped 1.3 cents to $3.160. That’s 41.7 cents less than it was in the year-earlier period.
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