The small decline in the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration diesel price this week is notable mostly when a look into the past is undertaken.
The price published by DOE/EIA that is used for most diesel surcharges was $4.022 per gallon effective Monday, a drop of 3.6 cents a gallon from a week earlier. In the last three weeks, the price has been unchanged, down 5.1 cents a gallon and then followed by this week’s decline.
Fifty-two weeks ago, on March 6, 2023, the DOE/EIA...