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Table CO2.T3. Commercial sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, Colorado (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T3. Commercial sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, Colorado
(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 232 1,564 53 91 27 51 27 248 2,044
1961 245 1,695 55 90 29 55 34 263 2,203
1962 297 1,752 43 90 22 45 37 237 2,285
1963 247 1,524 39 90 41 46 38 254 2,025
1964 270 1,831 24 114 65 67 32 302 2,403
1965 301 1,899 32 96 156 69 23 377 2,577
1966 321 2,032 41 103 162 67 22 396 2,750
1967 253 1,923 72 134 155 78 17 456 2,632
1968 269 2,475 78 139 86 53 19 375 3,119
1969 297 2,735 61 139 82 46 28 356 3,388
1970 214 3,051 60 133 62 46 18 319 3,584
1971 239 3,243 70 141 43 58 20 332 3,814
1972 266 3,349 78 162 35 50 22 348 3,963
1973 236 3,631 90 157 32 58 24 361 4,228
1974 142 3,548 106 130 22 42 33 332 4,022
1975 30 3,623 101 124 20 41 35 321 3,974
1976 78 3,630 102 132 20 44 44 342 4,050
1977 121 3,417 104 123 20 44 43 334 3,872
1978 314 3,263 104 153 24 44 47 371 3,948
1979 362 3,492 120 48 14 51 6 239 4,093
1980 163 3,387 146 72 2 117 1 339 3,888
1981 160 2,965 134 89 4 108 1 336 3,461
1982 218 3,400 65 98 10 118 2 292 3,909
1983 140 3,308 352 120 11 105 3 591 4,039
1984 211 3,656 298 56 3 134 2 492 4,359
1985 248 3,492 263 60 6 66 1 395 4,135
1986 167 3,132 162 59 6 72 34 332 3,631
1987 128 3,258 368 64 11 72 514 3,901
1988 155 3,476 399 61 6 66 532 4,162
1989 104 3,466 219 69 65 61 3 417 3,986
1990 95 3,279 190 73 4 99 367 3,741
1991 110 3,652 205 82 4 126 417 4,179
1992 97 3,476 297 73 3 60 (s) 434 4,006
1993 65 3,708 287 76 3 13 (s) 380 4,152
1994 41 3,376 442 76 2 19 539 3,956
1995 36 3,485 302 95 2 21 420 3,941
1996 25 3,621 315 91 2 96 504 4,149
1997 102 3,613 384 14 2 13 413 4,128
1998 34 3,304 373 7 4 14 1 400 3,738
1999 193 3,098 350 87 4 60 1 501 3,792
2000 147 3,175 263 122 3 47 435 3,758
2001 554 3,418 275 114 4 14 407 4,379
2002 430 3,526 216 116 4 15 350 4,306
2003 516 3,304 136 186 4 15 341 4,161
2004 426 3,262 141 182 5 15 343 4,031
2005 260 3,339 272 159 13 15 458 4,057
2006 130 3,217 285 91 7 15 397 3,744
2007 25 3,390 192 109 2 16 318 3,733
2008 657 3,491 216 142 1 15 374 4,522
2009 616 3,302 613 108 2 15 738 4,655
2010 572 3,073 432 119 2 15 568 4,213
2011 301 3,019 434 179 1 15 629 3,949
2012 23 2,814 340 124 (s) 15 479 3,316
2013 11 3,186 326 127 1 15 469 3,666
2014 14 3,176 351 151 1 14 516 3,707
2015 7 2,980 383 140 (s) 469 992 3,979
2016 3 3,003 227 156 (s) 473 857 3,863
2017 1 2,921 381 201 (s) 480 1,062 3,984
2018 3,124 305 168 (s) 490 963 4,087
2019 3,482 457 225 (s) 493 1,175 4,658
2020 3 3,203 333 214 (s) 496 1,043 4,249
2021 1 3,275 355 222 (s) 502 1,080 4,355
2022 (s) 3,376 360 284 (s) 519 1,164 4,541
2023 1 3,427 394 240 1 521 1,156 4,583
2024 3,222 347 204 (s) 570 1,122 4,344

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/