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Table CO2.T3. Commercial sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, North Carolina (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T3. Commercial sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, North Carolina
(thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))



Year



Coal


Natural
gas a
Petroleum b


Total
Distillate
fuel oil

HGL c

Kerosene
Motor
gasoline
Petroleum
coke
Residual
fuel oil

Total
1960 970 203 498 126 103 77 — 58 862 2,036
1961 788 229 502 125 116 84 — 53 880 1,897
1962 865 270 585 149 119 88 — 45 986 2,120
1963 744 327 565 165 114 96 — 41 981 2,052
1964 653 364 557 177 103 99 — 47 983 2,000
1965 551 398 563 200 104 104 — 57 1,028 1,977
1966 645 521 662 208 105 110 — 63 1,148 2,314
1967 600 933 658 198 104 116 — 67 1,142 2,675
1968 569 1,122 684 195 109 122 — 60 1,171 2,861
1969 554 1,334 666 219 104 124 — 77 1,190 3,078
1970 439 1,169 733 235 99 133 — 84 1,284 2,892
1971 432 1,430 697 229 94 137 — 133 1,290 3,152
1972 456 1,312 758 243 80 141 — 171 1,393 3,161
1973 578 1,254 753 203 68 150 — 143 1,317 3,149
1974 604 1,141 635 180 54 149 — 131 1,149 2,894
1975 584 1,167 614 175 48 155 — 110 1,103 2,853
1976 469 1,082 687 188 52 161 — 181 1,270 2,821
1977 388 989 723 184 49 162 — 212 1,331 2,709
1978 412 1,102 627 218 44 167 — 164 1,220 2,734
1979 277 1,296 798 208 31 171 — 175 1,383 2,956
1980 317 1,404 721 222 49 295 — 232 1,519 3,240
1981 264 1,414 578 218 19 299 — 48 1,162 2,841
1982 302 1,363 381 197 14 258 — 87 937 2,602
1983 257 1,352 1,263 234 39 248 — 80 1,865 3,474
1984 230 1,434 1,486 247 56 570 — 109 2,468 4,132
1985 363 1,372 1,274 250 102 237 — 152 2,014 3,749
1986 286 1,395 1,162 248 71 242 — 114 1,837 3,518
1987 300 1,640 1,444 303 57 271 — 30 2,104 4,044
1988 382 1,773 1,522 281 107 255 — 133 2,298 4,454
1989 289 1,812 1,126 377 73 234 — 106 1,916 4,017
1990 303 1,712 992 334 32 292 — 105 1,756 3,770
1991 194 1,876 908 374 39 140 — 55 1,517 3,587
1992 404 1,995 821 420 19 121 — 52 1,434 3,834
1993 451 2,051 867 434 21 22 — 134 1,478 3,979
1994 534 2,139 938 435 141 29 — 124 1,667 4,340
1995 469 2,048 1,009 457 61 22 — 87 1,637 4,155
1996 429 2,225 1,216 523 74 115 — 104 2,031 4,685
1997 406 2,090 1,232 521 85 65 — 80 1,982 4,478
1998 455 2,009 1,112 497 108 127 — 54 1,898 4,362
1999 339 2,088 930 502 77 114 — 47 1,670 4,098
2000 260 2,358 1,165 544 97 122 — 53 1,981 4,598
2001 272 2,132 1,345 559 80 96 — 60 2,140 4,544
2002 274 2,211 865 521 39 100 — 35 1,561 4,046
2003 274 2,446 952 575 112 429 — 98 2,166 4,886
2004 746 2,493 731 595 70 533 — 130 2,059 5,298
2005 332 2,622 725 469 67 710 — 108 2,080 5,034
2006 256 2,541 636 459 41 590 — 76 1,803 4,601
2007 97 2,489 645 468 30 422 — 14 1,579 4,166
2008 631 2,652 583 619 15 453 — 21 1,692 4,974
2009 521 2,793 777 476 12 662 — 1 1,928 5,243
2010 479 3,038 701 505 27 333 — (s) 1,567 5,083
2011 412 2,685 651 444 11 128 — 1 1,234 4,331
2012 317 2,634 637 433 4 121 — (s) 1,196 4,147
2013 339 2,972 410 430 4 107 — 1 952 4,263
2014 375 3,255 526 538 9 118 — 3 1,193 4,824
2015 369 3,019 548 487 4 849 — 1 1,888 5,276
2016 299 3,058 506 420 6 905 — 1 1,837 5,195
2017 263 2,944 514 515 3 786 — — 1,817 5,025
2018 192 3,158 551 487 3 797 — 1 1,838 5,189
2019 143 3,128 560 433 3 804 — — 1,800 5,070
2020 121 2,852 497 568 2 808 — — 1,875 4,848
2021 112 3,103 529 574 4 815 — (s) 1,921 5,137
2022 90 3,207 530 526 3 2,154 — (s) 3,213 6,510
2023 82 2,992 494 510 6 840 — (s) 1,848 [R ] 4,923
2024 92 3,714 496 525 4 691 — (s) 1,717 5,523

Footnotes:

a Excludes supplemental gaseous fuels.

b Excludes biofuels.

c Hydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only.

— = No consumption. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.5.

Notes: · Data are carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions estimates from fossil fuels primary energy consumption, excluding renewable energy. The state data do not account for interstate flow of electricity and represent CO2 emissions in the state where fossil fuels are burned to generate electricity, although the electricity might be sold to ultimate customers in other states and sectors. · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The commercial sector includes commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants. · The continuity of these data series estimates may be affected by changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the technical notes for each type of energy.

Web page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See technical notes. https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/

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