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Table CO2.T6. Electric power sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, Kentucky (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T6. Electric power sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, Kentucky
(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 16,312 126 (s) 4 5 16,442
1961 16,470 107 (s) 3 3 16,580
1962 16,738 91 (s) 6 6 16,834
1963 21,750 72 (s) 6 6 21,828
1964 25,195 62 (s) 5 5 25,262
1965 26,586 25 (s) 7 7 26,618
1966 27,265 51 (s) 7 7 27,323
1967 28,647 21 (s) 7 7 28,675
1968 30,101 19 (s) 6 6 30,126
1969 32,946 380 (s) 16 17 33,343
1970 38,862 460 2 57 59 39,380
1971 42,245 480 3 117 120 42,845
1972 45,905 544 7 177 184 46,633
1973 46,177 438 3 68 70 46,686
1974 47,239 297 2 92 94 47,631
1975 45,696 15 3 47 50 45,762
1976 52,257 7 52 60 112 52,376
1977 51,744 39 39 72 110 51,893
1978 51,332 66 29 81 111 51,508
1979 49,673 51 4 70 74 49,798
1980 53,148 103 98 98 53,349
1981 56,426 141 139 139 56,705
1982 53,039 83 127 127 53,249
1983 52,956 65 106 106 53,127
1984 54,415 96 130 130 54,641
1985 58,657 61 116 116 58,834
1986 62,550 24 102 102 62,676
1987 62,477 18 97 97 62,592
1988 69,776 25 87 87 69,887
1989 63,889 18 99 99 64,006
1990 67,792 15 91 91 67,899
1991 68,974 12 98 98 69,085
1992 70,149 15 84 84 70,248
1993 78,162 15 92 92 78,268
1994 76,533 19 137 137 76,688
1995 79,066 47 122 122 79,235
1996 81,312 99 133 133 81,544
1997 84,243 119 114 114 84,476
1998 83,873 313 126 444 569 84,756
1999 87,073 307 113 113 87,493
2000 88,875 227 135 135 89,237
2001 89,967 241 98 98 90,306
2002 84,874 745 146 4,253 4,399 90,017
2003 84,392 199 135 3,538 3,673 88,264
2004 85,560 263 111 4,144 4,255 90,078
2005 88,058 940 100 4,174 4,273 93,272
2006 91,483 670 84 3,832 3,916 96,069
2007 91,024 1,054 104 3,109 3,213 95,291
2008 92,207 521 110 3,197 3,307 96,035
2009 85,205 456 120 2,192 2,313 87,974
2010 91,547 1,047 98 2,423 2,521 95,115
2011 91,850 842 107 1,775 1,882 94,574
2012 84,066 1,691 97 1,583 1,680 87,437
2013 84,681 794 95 1,458 1,553 87,028
2014 84,629 1,465 104 1,172 1,276 87,370
2015 73,579 2,804 104 1,076 1,180 77,563
2016 68,394 3,625 90 1,281 1,372 73,390
2017 58,991 4,493 82 485 567 64,051
2018 60,834 6,227 77 77 67,138
2019 53,202 6,240 72 72 59,514
2020 44,704 5,694 71 71 50,469
2021 50,873 5,954 68 68 56,894
2022 48,147 7,471 90 22 112 55,730
2023 44,486 6,139 53 53 50,678
2024 46,036 7,717 54 54 53,807

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.

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