Diesel Drops 1.8¢ to $2.296 a Gallon
After rising for the first time in three months last week, retail diesel resumed its downward trend, falling 1.8 cents to $2.296 a gallon while gasoline rose for the third straight week, the Department of Energy said Wednesday.
The decline left trucking’s main fuel 97.4 cents below the same week last year, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations.
After falling $2.50 from its record $4.114 last July to a low of $1.613 at the end of last year, gas has risen 23.4 cents.
The diesel price is $2.468 below diesel’s all-time record 4.114 a gallon set last July, according to DOE records.
Gasoline, meanwhile, rose 6.3 cents to $1.847, its third straight increase.
DOE released this week’s survey on Wednesday because of federal holidays Monday and Tuesday.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
