Gas prices are up this week, according to an Energy Information Administration report (link opens as PDF) released Monday.
Retail regular gasoline prices clocked in at a national average of $3.579 per gallon for March 31, $0.03 above the previous week's price tag. While Rocky Mountain pump prices managed to drop over the past week (down $0.006), the Midwest led the price spike with a $0.038 per gallon increase.
Compared to a year ago, however, pump prices are still down $0.066.
Source: EIA.gov.
For the same period, average retail diesel prices dipped $0.013 for a national average of $3.975 per gallon. On a regional basis, East Coast prices made the deepest $0.021 decline, while Gulf Coast prices actually edged up $0.004.
Over the last year, diesel prices have declined $0.018.
Source: EIA.gov.
At these latest prices, the West Coast pays the prettiest penny for gasoline ($3.852), while the East Coast dishes out $4.094 for diesel. On the other end, the Gulf Coast can guzzle gas for just $3.343 and diesel for $3.804 per gallon.
