Diesel Falls 1.9¢ to $2.582 in Fifth Straight Drop
The national average price of diesel fuel fell for a fifth straight week, dropping 1.9 cents to $2.582 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
Trucking’s main fuel has declined 9.2 cents in the past month, and the latest price left it $1.293 below the same week last year.
Gasoline’s national average, meanwhile, fell 3.1 cents to $2.468 a gallon, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations.
That marked gasoline’s eighth straight downturn, in which time it has declined 17.9 cents. The downturn left gasoline $1.016 below the same week last year, according to DOE records.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
