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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: December 27, 2016   |   Next Release Date: January 3, 2017
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: December 27, 2016   |   Next Release Date: January 3, 2017

Notice:  Due to the pipeline disruption in the Southeast, the EPA and DOE have issued a waiver of the federal RFG requirements in the affected RFG areas in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia. These RFG areas may contain conventional gasoline during the waiver period.

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  12/12/16 12/19/16 12/26/16   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.236 2.264 2.309   values are up 0.045 values are up 0.275
East Coast (PADD1) 2.259 2.290 2.313   values are up 0.023 values are up 0.298
  New England (PADD1A) 2.257 2.281 2.311   values are up 0.030 values are up 0.255
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.363 2.378 2.416   values are up 0.038 values are up 0.323
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.181 2.226 2.237   values are up 0.011 values are up 0.294
Midwest (PADD2) 2.162 2.192 2.280   values are up 0.088 values are up 0.407
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.008 2.053 2.080   values are up 0.027 values are up 0.320
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.122 2.135 2.175   values are up 0.040 values are up 0.203
West Coast (PADD5) 2.556 2.563 2.592   values are up 0.029 values are down -0.038
  West Coast less California 2.368 2.377 2.395   values are up 0.018 values are up 0.101
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States
            Change from
    12/12/16 12/19/16 12/26/16   week ago year ago
California   2.666 2.670 2.706   values are up 0.036 values are down -0.119
Colorado   2.037 2.088 2.155   values are up 0.067 values are up 0.299
Florida   2.186 2.305 2.291   values are down -0.014 values are up 0.322
Massachusetts   2.207 2.232 2.256   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.240
Minnesota   2.040 2.118 2.217   values are up 0.099 values are up 0.391
New York   2.358 2.385 2.433   values are up 0.048 values are up 0.237
Ohio   2.219 2.320 2.402   values are up 0.082 values are up 0.467
Texas   1.988 2.049 2.069   values are up 0.020 values are up 0.305
Washington   2.512 2.527 2.571   values are up 0.044 values are up 0.150
Cities
Boston   2.202 2.226 2.260   values are up 0.034 values are up 0.247
Chicago   2.415 2.386 2.507   values are up 0.121 values are up 0.414
Cleveland   2.205 2.259 2.343   values are up 0.084 values are up 0.418
Denver   2.016 2.060 2.138   values are up 0.078 values are up 0.289
Houston   1.923 1.973 2.008   values are up 0.035 values are up 0.296
Los Angeles   2.714 2.726 2.775   values are up 0.049 values are down -0.278
Miami   2.428 2.470 2.508   values are up 0.038 values are up 0.254
New York City   2.345 2.364 2.411   values are up 0.047 values are up 0.381
San Francisco   2.706 2.715 2.742   values are up 0.027 values are up 0.003
Seattle   2.574 2.577 2.602   values are up 0.025 values are up 0.113

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  12/12/16 12/19/16 12/26/16   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.493 2.527 2.540   values are up 0.013 values are up 0.305
East Coast (PADD1) 2.520 2.559 2.573   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.294
  New England (PADD1A) 2.547 2.587 2.611   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.246
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.633 2.667 2.687   values are up 0.020 values are up 0.275
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.429 2.470 2.478   values are up 0.008 values are up 0.317
Midwest (PADD2) 2.446 2.479 2.489   values are up 0.010 values are up 0.326
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.371 2.410 2.421   values are up 0.011 values are up 0.281
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.447 2.495 2.516   values are up 0.021 values are up 0.289
West Coast (PADD5) 2.772 2.788 2.807   values are up 0.019 values are up 0.340
  West Coast less California 2.690 2.705 2.727   values are up 0.022 values are up 0.435
  California 2.837 2.854 2.871   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.262
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:

What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (November 2016) Retail Price: $2.18/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are 
paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by 
pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, 
and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers 
sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (November 2016) Retail Price: $2.44/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and 
trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.

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