Fuel Surcharge per Mile
Fuel surcharge per mile and per load by the standard pegged-base method.
Example
You enter
- Current diesel ($/gal) 4.25
- Pegged base ($/gal) 3
- MPG peg 6
- Loaded miles (optional) 900
You get
- Surcharge / mile $0.2083
- Surcharge total $187.50
Details, formula, and sources
The diesel price above a pegged base divided by an assumed MPG. Zero below the peg.
FSC/mi = (current - base) / MPG peg when current > base, else 0; total = FSC/mi x loaded miles.
Standard pegged fuel-surcharge identity; DOE/EIA weekly national average diesel index (by name).
DOE/EIA weekly diesel price free at eia.gov.
Math aid for personal verification. The ELD on the truck and the carrier tariff are the legal record. State limits may be lower than federal.
Field names used by the API: current_fuel_price, base_fuel_price, mpg_peg, loaded_miles, fsc_per_mile, fsc_total
- Index DOE/EIA national average unless the contract names another (advisory)DOE/EIA