Diesel fuel’s price rises for six weeks in a row

June 16, 2009
The average price of diesel fuel nationwide surged 7.4 cents to $2.572 a gallon. This marks the sixth consecutive weekly increase, the Department of Energy said. In the past five weeks, the price has risen more than 30 cents

The average price of diesel fuel nationwide surged 7.4 cents to $2.572 a gallon. This marks the sixth consecutive weekly increase, the Department of Energy said. In the past five weeks, the price has risen more than 30 cents.

Diesel’s price is $2.12 below the same week in 2008, when it was advancing toward its July 14 record of $4.764 a gallon.

Prices climbed from 5.2 cents a gallon on the West Coast to 8.8 cents in the Lower Atlantic area. At $2.52 a gallon, the Rocky Mountain area is the least expensive region; the most expensive is California at $2.734.

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