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Table CO2.T6. Electric power sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, United States (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T6. Electric power sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, United States
(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 402,006 94,648 1,647 39,833 41,480 538,133
1961 414,225 100,155 1,597 40,226 41,823 556,203
1962 439,655 107,884 1,684 40,311 41,995 589,535
1963 480,328 117,691 1,824 42,056 43,880 641,898
1964 511,687 127,731 1,857 45,715 47,572 686,990
1965 553,688 127,698 2,123 52,062 54,185 735,571
1966 599,362 143,844 2,719 63,564 66,283 809,489
1967 612,994 151,250 3,185 72,651 75,836 840,080
1968 665,182 173,018 4,235 84,419 88,654 926,854
1969 686,639 191,337 6,445 111,449 117,895 995,871
1970 687,480 214,604 10,392 1,958 147,006 159,356 1,061,440
1971 694,256 216,949 14,769 1,861 170,993 187,623 1,098,828
1972 745,929 216,580 19,232 1,929 207,868 232,588 1,195,096
1973 823,674 198,171 17,537 1,559 242,283 263,940 1,285,785
1974 812,145 186,177 20,660 1,922 228,099 252,766 1,251,088
1975 835,978 171,339 15,393 216 220,581 237,470 1,244,788
1976 925,515 167,177 16,202 209 242,702 260,821 1,353,514
1977 975,744 174,004 18,299 300 271,402 292,566 1,442,314
1978 975,239 174,607 18,530 1,225 277,752 299,325 1,449,171
1979 1,071,952 191,106 11,855 824 232,565 246,524 1,509,581
1980 1,156,381 201,361 11,677 551 184,673 197,686 1,555,428
1981 1,200,603 198,989 8,876 427 155,702 165,291 1,564,884
1982 1,192,508 176,590 6,419 459 110,679 117,733 1,486,831
1983 1,254,068 158,378 7,113 804 108,106 116,024 1,528,469
1984 1,327,937 170,248 6,544 774 89,365 96,683 1,594,868
1985 1,387,364 167,150 6,305 712 74,961 81,978 1,636,491
1986 1,371,385 142,417 6,172 962 102,050 109,183 1,622,986
1987 1,437,622 155,321 6,620 1,069 86,874 94,563 1,687,506
1988 1,510,985 143,371 8,086 1,258 108,268 117,611 1,771,967
1989 1,534,680 168,964 11,268 1,591 115,280 128,139 1,831,783
1990 1,546,447 176,334 7,137 3,101 87,301 97,539 1,820,320
1991 1,547,183 179,670 6,186 2,995 81,498 90,679 1,817,531
1992 1,568,325 186,932 5,438 4,596 65,494 75,528 1,830,785
1993 1,631,636 188,328 6,397 8,031 71,988 86,416 1,906,380
1994 1,637,772 211,700 8,872 7,119 65,256 81,247 1,930,719
1995 1,659,880 229,191 7,986 8,226 42,501 58,712 1,947,783
1996 1,751,357 205,630 8,083 8,126 47,188 63,397 2,020,384
1997 1,795,835 219,671 8,173 10,371 53,664 72,208 2,087,714
1998 1,826,975 248,476 10,027 12,617 78,620 101,264 2,176,714
1999 1,835,110 260,674 10,353 11,487 71,994 93,834 2,189,618
2000 1,926,138 281,786 13,059 10,073 65,394 88,525 2,296,449
2001 1,869,108 290,990 12,717 10,541 75,304 98,562 2,258,661
2002 1,888,875 306,933 9,503 17,888 49,465 76,856 2,272,664
2003 1,930,065 278,683 12,009 17,836 65,283 95,129 2,303,878
2004 1,941,576 297,396 8,311 21,527 66,009 95,847 2,334,819
2005 1,982,860 319,716 8,550 23,602 65,816 97,969 2,400,544
2006 1,952,770 338,702 5,471 20,734 27,073 53,278 2,344,750
2007 1,985,722 372,310 6,582 16,600 29,784 52,966 2,410,998
2008 1,958,352 362,928 5,385 14,949 18,054 38,388 2,359,667
2009 1,740,005 373,501 5,157 13,463 13,589 32,209 2,145,715
2010 1,827,555 400,646 5,910 13,949 11,568 31,427 2,259,629
2011 1,722,683 410,405 4,715 14,125 6,989 25,828 2,158,916
2012 1,511,774 493,814 3,883 8,685 5,761 18,329 2,023,917
2013 1,571,290 445,048 4,103 12,511 5,799 22,413 2,038,751
2014 1,568,472 444,019 6,085 12,066 7,144 25,295 2,037,786
2015 1,351,474 525,892 5,209 11,408 7,048 23,665 1,901,031
2016 1,241,873 545,918 4,057 12,082 5,308 21,447 1,809,238
2017 1,207,021 506,372 4,045 9,927 4,940 18,912 1,732,304
2018 1,153,032 578,918 5,963 10,363 5,876 22,203 1,754,153
2019 973,620 617,844 3,986 7,752 4,415 16,153 1,607,617
2020 788,132 635,527 3,275 8,928 3,957 16,159 1,439,819
2021 909,966 613,770 4,427 8,980 4,303 17,710 1,541,446
2022 851,337 660,184 6,182 8,657 5,680 20,519 1,532,040
2023 694,357 706,113 [R ] 3,916 5,973 4,816 14,706 1,415,175 [R ]
2024 672,038 736,005 4,143 4,846 4,682 13,671 1,421,714

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/