National gasoline prices closed out 2018 by falling lower to $2.26 per gallon. 
 -  Photo by Vince Taroc.

National gasoline prices closed out 2018 by falling lower to $2.26 per gallon.

Photo by Vince Taroc.

The price of regular gasoline continued to decline over the holidays and reached an average of $2.266 per gallon for the week ending Dec. 31, which was 5.5 cents lower that the prior week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

A gallon of regular unleaded was 25.4 cents lower than a year ago, and saw its sharpest decline in the Midwest, where the average price fell 7.6 cents to $2.005. Gasoline in that region fell to 44.8 cents lower than a year ago. Other regions that saw at least a 5-cent price decline included the Lower Atlantic (5.2 cents to $2.097), Gulf Coast (5.5 cents to $1.926), and Rocky Mountain (5.6 cents to $2.429) regions tracked by the agency.

Meanwhile, the average price of a gallon of diesel fell 2.9 cents to $3.048 on the week, which is 7.5 cents higher than a year ago.

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Paul Clinton

Paul Clinton

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Paul Clinton covered an array of fleet and automotive topics for Automotive Fleet, Government Fleet, Mobile Electronics, Police Magazine, and other Bobit Business Media publications.

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