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Table CO2.T6. Electric power sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, Arkansas (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T6. Electric power sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, Arkansas
(thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))



Year



Coal



Natural gas a
Petroleum b


Total
Distillate
fuel oil

Jet fuel
Petroleum
coke
Residual
fuel oil

Total
1960 — 2,567 1 — — 56 56 2,623
1961 — 2,336 (s) — — 29 29 2,365
1962 — 2,873 (s) — — 42 42 2,916
1963 — 3,090 1 — — 76 77 3,167
1964 — 3,463 (s) — — 28 28 3,491
1965 — 3,583 (s) — — 18 18 3,601
1966 — 3,541 (s) — — 24 25 3,566
1967 — 2,850 (s) — — 24 24 2,874
1968 — 3,851 1 — — 74 75 3,926
1969 — 4,474 2 — — 154 156 4,630
1970 — 5,720 3 — — 329 333 6,052
1971 — 4,601 12 — — 1,283 1,295 5,896
1972 — 3,900 15 — — 2,149 2,164 6,064
1973 — 2,612 7 — — 3,361 3,368 5,980
1974 — 2,125 11 — — 3,185 3,196 5,322
1975 — 1,706 27 — — 2,061 2,087 3,793
1976 — 858 21 — — 4,052 4,073 4,931
1977 — 385 70 — — 6,507 6,577 6,961
1978 1,533 390 117 — — 6,371 6,488 8,411
1979 2,321 1,646 37 — — 3,639 3,676 7,643
1980 2,869 3,202 77 — — 1,466 1,544 7,615
1981 8,963 2,978 14 — — 340 354 12,296
1982 11,189 1,830 13 — — 55 68 13,087
1983 15,990 1,826 20 — — 23 44 17,860
1984 14,768 1,372 6 — — 2 8 16,148
1985 20,134 638 5 — — 4 9 20,781
1986 20,623 1,587 6 — — 23 28 22,238
1987 19,428 1,752 4 — — — 4 21,185
1988 20,264 1,204 56 — — 64 120 21,588
1989 18,765 1,594 62 — — 64 125 20,484
1990 19,675 1,731 60 — — 7 67 21,474
1991 19,911 1,508 55 — — 1 55 21,474
1992 20,345 1,467 41 — — (s) 41 21,854
1993 18,284 1,155 54 — — 2 57 19,496
1994 20,266 1,356 53 — — 25 78 21,699
1995 21,816 1,771 40 — — 7 48 23,635
1996 23,922 1,846 42 — — 38 80 25,848
1997 22,782 1,349 43 — — 13 56 24,187
1998 23,546 2,191 77 — — 47 124 25,861
1999 24,662 2,178 72 — — 44 116 26,956
2000 24,574 1,872 29 — — 138 167 26,613
2001 25,071 1,435 35 — — 633 668 27,174
2002 23,372 2,288 30 — — 85 115 25,775
2003 23,288 3,084 31 — — 180 211 26,583
2004 24,871 2,193 27 — — 351 378 27,442
2005 22,749 2,672 31 — — 108 140 25,561
2006 23,653 3,873 21 — — 103 124 27,650
2007 25,315 3,458 27 — — 33 60 28,832
2008 25,711 3,512 19 — — 25 44 29,267
2009 24,505 4,527 27 — — 37 64 29,096
2010 27,358 5,230 24 — — 9 33 32,621
2011 28,707 5,798 35 — — 6 41 34,545
2012 27,861 6,994 23 — — 1 24 34,879
2013 30,760 5,082 28 — — 3 31 35,872
2014 31,867 3,928 19 — — (s) 19 35,814
2015 21,242 5,984 42 — — (s) 42 27,268
2016 23,087 7,356 31 — — — 31 30,473
2017 25,141 6,893 35 — — — 35 32,069
2018 28,707 8,249 24 — — — 24 36,979
2019 22,544 8,641 33 — — — 33 31,219
2020 15,187 7,340 37 — — 2 39 22,567
2021 20,376 8,124 41 — — — 41 28,541
2022 19,979 10,284 49 — — — 49 30,312
2023 16,968 10,435 34 — — — 34 27,438
2024 15,834 10,011 40 — — — 40 25,885

Footnotes:

a Excludes supplemental gaseous fuels.

b Excludes biofuels.

— = 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 electric power sector consists of electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public. · 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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