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DIESELCOST

EIA Weekly On-Highway Diesel Survey - week of October 26, 2026

Diesel cost per gallon in Tennessee

$6.48/GAL
+0.13 vs US average ($6.35)EIA Midwest (PADD 2)District #5 of 9

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Read this as a district figure, not a state figure. The EIA weekly on-highway diesel survey prices the United States, its districts and California, and nothing else. It does not price Tennessee. The number above is Midwest (PADD 2), series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG, and it is the closest published federal figure for Tennessee. We do not estimate a price for Tennessee from it. 2 of Tennessee's neighbouring states sit in the same district and therefore show the same price below.

EIA does not publish a weekly on-highway diesel price for Tennessee. The federal survey prices the district Tennessee sits in, Midwest (PADD 2), at $6.480 per gallon in the week of October 26, 2026 (series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG), $0.13 above the US average of $6.352. Pump prices inside the district vary around that figure.

Diesel tax breakdown

Diesel tax27.0c/gal
Special privilege tax on petroleum products1.0c/gal
Environmental assurance fee0.4c/gal
Tennessee state taxes and fees28.4c/gal
Federal diesel excise tax24.4c/gal
Total per-gallon tax52.8c/gal
As a share of the price above8%

Interstate trucks (IFTA): 27.0c a gallon for October to December 2026.

27c since 1 July 2019.

Checked 22 October 2026 against Tennessee DOR, Motor Fuel Tax Manual (August 2025). Local and county taxes are not included. The percentage is against the EIA figure shown above, which is a district figure unless Tennessee is surveyed directly.

Neighbouring states

Kentucky
same district$6.48
Virginia
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)$5.89
North Carolina
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)$5.89
Georgia
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)$5.89
Alabama
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)$5.95
Mississippi
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)$5.95
Arkansas
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)$5.95
Missouri
same district$6.48

Neighbours in the same EIA district carry the same published figure. A matching price here means the federal survey shows no measured gap across that border, not that pumps are identical.

Off-road (dyed) diesel in Tennessee

Red-dyed diesel is the same fuel as clear diesel, sold without highway fuel taxes for uses off the public road. How Tennessee treats it, checked 25 October 2026. Rules for every state are on the off-road diesel guide.

Temporary relief, until 31 October 2026: Enforcement of the dyed diesel restrictions on people in farming or forestry operations is suspended. (Governor's suspension, shown on the Tennessee Department of Revenue rates page). Source
Federal: dyed diesel skips the federal diesel tax except 0.1c. IRS news release IR-2026-122 (14 October 2026) waives federal penalties for highway use of dyed diesel from 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026; state rules below still apply.
51.3ca gallon of per-gallon tax skipped: 24.3c federal and 27.0c Tennessee taxes and fees, though sales tax may apply instead (below).
Tennessee fuel tax on dyed diesel
Dyed diesel used off-road is exempt from Tennessee's 27c diesel tax. Commercial carriers using it for transportation are taxed.
Sales tax
Sales and use tax applies. Farmers, nurserymen and timber harvesters are exempt with the Department of Revenue's agricultural exemption certificate.
Per-gallon charges dyed diesel still pays
Special privilege tax (all petroleum): 1.0c; Environmental assurance fee (all petroleum): 0.4c
Who may use it
Off-road; dyed diesel bought for timber harvesting may not be used in vehicles on public roads.
Penalty for highway use
Civil: the greater of $1,000 or $10 a gallon.
Roadside testing
The Department of Revenue has run roadside diesel checks with the IRS.
Buying it
Retail sellers need a Dyed Diesel Fuel Retailer licence; buyers show the agricultural certificate for the sales tax exemption.

Sources: Tennessee DOR, Motor Fuel Due Dates and Tax Rates; Tennessee DOR MFT-16, Dyed Diesel Penalty. This is a summary, not legal or tax advice.

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Sources: price from the EIA Weekly On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price survey, week of October 26, 2026, series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG, a U.S. Government work in the public domain. EIA publishes no diesel price for 49 of the 50 states on this site, California being the exception; those pages show the EIA district figure and say so. State taxes checked against each state's revenue department or statute on 22 October 2026 (sources in the tax breakdown above). Actual pump prices vary by retailer and location.
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