Diesel Falls Again to Close Year at $3.213
Trucking’s main fuel closed 2014 at 80.8 cents below its peak price of $4.021 in March.
DOE’s Energy Information Administration also said gasoline plunged by 10.4 cents a gallon for the week ended Dec. 29 to $2.299.
INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Week-by-week 2014 prices
A year ago, diesel cost 69 cents more a gallon. The last time diesel was cheaper than the current price was Dec. 6, 2010, when it was $3.197.
Crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange also continued to drop, closing Dec. 29 at $53.61, the lowest price since May 1, 2009.
The gasoline price was the lowest since it was $2.309 on May 18, 2009.
