Dray Insight
DOE diesel prices this week, by region.
Weekly U.S. retail on-highway diesel prices from the Department of Energy (EIA) for every PADD region, with the change from last week. These are the numbers most drayage fuel surcharge tables follow.
Week of Nov 9, 2026. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, ultra low sulfur diesel, dollars per gallon.Diesel prices by PADD region
| Region | PADD | This week | Last week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | All regions | $6.127 | $6.292 | -2.6% |
| East Coast | PADD 1 | $5.920 | $6.025 | -1.7% |
| New England | PADD 1A | $6.349 | $6.416 | -1.0% |
| Central Atlantic | PADD 1B | $6.412 | $6.486 | -1.1% |
| Lower Atlantic | PADD 1C | $5.694 | $5.814 | -2.1% |
| Midwest | PADD 2 | $6.201 | $6.402 | -3.1% |
| Gulf Coast | PADD 3 | $5.741 | $5.912 | -2.9% |
| Rocky Mountain | PADD 4 | $6.206 | $6.445 | -3.7% |
| West Coast | PADD 5 | $7.110 | $7.272 | -2.2% |
| West Coast less California | PADD 5 | $6.429 | $6.575 | -2.2% |
| California | PADD 5 | $7.897 | $8.076 | -2.2% |
EIA surveys prices on Monday and publishes them the next day, usually Tuesday. This page refreshes automatically after each release.
Which DOE region covers your port
How drayage carriers use the DOE price
Most drayage fuel surcharges are a table: each band of the weekly DOE diesel price maps to a percent added to the linehaul. When the DOE price moves into a new band, every quote that week uses the new percent. Dray Insight links your fuel table to a DOE region and applies it to every quote.
Questions
What is the DOE diesel price?
It is the weekly average retail price of on-highway diesel that the U.S. Energy Information Administration, part of the Department of Energy, publishes for the whole country and for each PADD region. Trucking companies use it as the reference for fuel surcharges.
When is the DOE diesel price updated?
EIA surveys prices on Monday and publishes them the next day, usually Tuesday. After a Monday federal holiday the release moves back a day.
What is a PADD region?
PADD stands for Petroleum Administration for Defense District. EIA splits the U.S. into five PADDs, and splits the East Coast into New England, Central Atlantic and Lower Atlantic, then reports a diesel price for each.
Which DOE region should a drayage fuel surcharge use?
Usually the region where the move happens: PADD 1B for New York and New Jersey, PADD 1C for Savannah or Charleston, PADD 3 for Houston, and California for Los Angeles and Long Beach. Many carriers use the U.S. average instead so one table works everywhere. Your contract decides.
Why is California listed separately?
California diesel is usually priced well above the rest of the West Coast, so EIA reports California and West Coast less California on their own as well as PADD 5 as a whole.
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