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August 23, 2000 10:50 AM, EDT

The cost of diesel fuel leapt 3.7 cents last week amidst continuing concerns that low oil inventories will force a repeat of last winter’s price spikes. The previous week, diesel rose just 0.2 cents following four consecutive weeks of declines.

	Fuel Prices
	Week of Aug. 14:
	source	price		change
	DOE	144.7		+3.7
	Comdata*	139.0		+0.9
	OPIS self-serve*	140.2		+1.0
	OPIS wholesale*	87.5		+3.8
	*Comdata and OPIS figures are for the week of Aug.5-11. Click here for more fuel prices.

The federal Energy Information Administration reported that the national average price of diesel rose to $1.447 a gallon on Aug. 14.

The biggest jump came in California, a 6.4-cent increased brought the state’s price to $1.633 per gallon.

AAA, formerly known as the American Automobile Association, reported that diesel had risen to $175.17 in California and $149.59 nationally by Aug. 17.

For the full story, see the Aug. 21 print edition of Transport Topics. .