The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline increased one cent to $3.36 per gallon as of October 21, 2013, 33 cents lower than last year at this time, reports the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Both the Midwest and Gulf Coast prices increased two cents, to $3.31 per gallon and $3.13 per gallon, respectively, while the East Coast price was up less than a penny to remain at $3.35 per gallon. Rocky Mountain and West Coast prices both decreased three cents, to $3.43 per gallon and $3.66 per gallon, respectively.
The national average diesel fuel price was unchanged from last week at $3.89 per gallon, and is now 26 cents lower than a year ago, according to the EIA publication This Week in Petroleum. Prices on the East Coast, Gulf Coast, and West Coast all increased less than one cent, to $3.91 per gallon, $3.80 per gallon, and $4.05 per gallon, respectively. The Midwest price declined less than a penny to remain at $3.85 per gallon, and the Rocky Mountain price is $3.88 per gallon, one cent lower than last week.
