The national average diesel price increased for the second week in a row, rising by 3.4 cents to $3.769, as reported by the Energy Information Administration on June 24.

Key Points:

  • Over the past two weeks, diesel’s average price has gone up by 11.1 cents per gallon after consistently falling each week since April 15.
  • Currently, a gallon of diesel is 3.2 cents cheaper on average than it was at this time last year.
  • The average diesel price rose in eight out of the ten regions surveyed by the EIA, with the only decreases being slight dips of 0.2 cents in the Central Atlantic and California.
  • The average gasoline price increased slightly by 0.3 cents to $3.438 per gallon, which is 13.3 cents lower than it was a year ago.