The U.S. average retail price of diesel fuel fell 1.9 cents to $3.266 a gallon, following a .3 cent decline a week ago, according to the weekly report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration on June 11. Despite the drop, diesel now costs 74.2 cents more per gallon than it did one year ago.
Diesel prices fell in all regions nationwide. In California it dropped 1.3 cents a gallon to $3.990 but the state remains the most expensive place in the country to buy the fuel. The price of diesel in California has gone up $1.084 in the past year. The East Coast saw diesel at $3.264 a gallon, down 1.8 cents for the week but up 69.5 cents over a year ago.
The West Coast is the second-most expensive place for diesel at $3.769 a gallon, down 1.5 cents in the past week but up 96.4 cents for the year. The Gulf Coast had the lowest price at $3.037 a gallon, down 1.8 cents a gallon for the week but up 66.9 cents in the past year, EIA reported.