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The national average price for a gallon of diesel slipped 3.3 cents to $3.549, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released March 17.
The decrease is the third in as many weeks, totaling 14.8 cents a gallon. That comes on the heels of four consecutive increases that totaled 3.8 cents.
A gallon of trucking’s main fuel now costs 47.9 cents less than it did at this time in 2024.
PADD Districts
(PADD — Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Regional Trends
The West Coast showed the steepest weekly drop of the five PADD districts at 4 cents a gallon, and the West Coast less California had the largest overall at 5.3 cents. The smallest decrease was a penny in the Lower Atlantic, a subregion of the East Coast.
U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Gasoline Update
The national average price for a gallon of gasoline dipped 1.1 cents to $3.058 a gallon. That’s 39.5 cents less than it cost at this time a year ago.
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