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Table CO2.T6. Electric power sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption, 1960-2023, North Carolina (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T6. Electric power 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

Jet fuel
Petroleum
coke
Residual
fuel oil

Total
1960 13,699 256 26 9 35 13,989
1961 15,118 116 21 7 28 15,261
1962 16,626 139 18 6 24 16,789
1963 18,843 155 20 7 27 19,025
1964 20,541 121 30 10 40 20,703
1965 23,557 159 23 8 31 23,747
1966 28,135 142 27 9 37 28,314
1967 30,918 113 12 4 16 31,046
1968 35,324 227 57 19 77 35,628
1969 38,623 454 228 78 305 39,382
1970 40,618 1,147 617 210 827 42,592
1971 41,076 1,136 405 518 923 43,135
1972 42,673 926 380 1,941 2,322 45,920
1973 46,219 424 247 2,864 3,111 49,755
1974 45,475 59 259 2,272 2,531 48,065
1975 41,193 6 40 112 152 41,350
1976 48,055 (s) 98 295 393 48,449
1977 48,204 (s) 370 155 526 48,730
1978 43,463 (s) 275 621 896 44,359
1979 48,983 32 70 111 181 49,197
1980 55,826 93 242 242 56,161
1981 58,004 49 207 207 58,260
1982 54,939 4 142 (s) 143 55,086
1983 51,871 9 200 200 52,080
1984 48,194 7 145 (s) 145 48,345
1985 46,582 33 191 191 46,806
1986 49,055 62 150 150 49,267
1987 41,193 64 187 187 41,444
1988 42,498 59 197 197 42,754
1989 49,810 93 241 241 50,144
1990 46,588 154 168 168 46,910
1991 47,337 224 162 162 47,722
1992 54,519 237 137 137 54,892
1993 58,970 179 175 175 59,324
1994 53,718 83 202 202 54,003
1995 56,613 308 230 230 57,150
1996 64,666 196 257 2 259 65,120
1997 67,172 322 219 4 (s) 223 67,717
1998 66,723 744 283 61 343 67,810
1999 66,103 673 289 289 67,065
2000 70,148 698 508 508 71,355
2001 67,425 882 382 382 68,689
2002 69,269 1,708 353 353 71,330
2003 69,448 766 503 503 70,717
2004 70,366 1,147 282 282 71,795
2005 73,752 1,452 238 238 75,442
2006 70,894 1,524 205 205 72,623
2007 76,042 2,157 226 226 78,425
2008 72,579 1,929 205 205 74,712
2009 62,099 2,134 207 207 64,439
2010 68,864 3,906 226 226 72,997
2011 57,372 4,791 163 163 62,326
2012 49,133 8,055 146 146 57,334
2013 45,113 10,761 167 167 56,041
2014 46,009 11,079 376 376 57,464
2015 37,023 14,748 338 338 52,110
2016 34,850 16,066 204 204 51,119
2017 32,049 15,254 201 201 47,504
2018 29,879 17,968 515 515 48,362
2019 29,349 16,561 147 147 46,057
2020 20,428 16,582 99 99 37,108
2021 20,237 19,741 153 153 40,131
2022 14,567 25,296 219 219 40,082
2023 14,179 21,854 73 73 36,106
2024 17,062 23,652 129 129 40,842

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/