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

Jet fuel
Petroleum
coke
Residual
fuel oil

Total
1960 2,386 2,031 4 50 54 4,472
1961 2,795 2,011 4 49 53 4,859
1962 3,137 1,778 3 41 44 4,959
1963 3,711 1,620 3 32 35 5,365
1964 3,894 1,795 2 25 27 5,715
1965 4,422 1,718 2 19 20 6,161
1966 5,524 1,826 2 21 23 7,373
1967 5,988 1,759 2 23 25 7,771
1968 6,052 2,254 4 54 58 8,364
1969 5,854 2,514 9 109 118 8,486
1970 6,576 2,644 9 114 124 9,344
1971 6,455 3,108 13 132 145 9,708
1972 6,909 3,119 22 227 249 10,278
1973 8,844 2,741 59 296 355 11,940
1974 8,989 3,235 105 257 361 12,585
1975 10,758 2,795 267 417 683 14,236
1976 13,568 2,218 192 302 494 16,280
1977 16,976 1,796 100 207 308 19,080
1978 17,074 1,548 147 262 410 19,032
1979 18,338 1,844 198 194 392 20,574
1980 19,251 1,593 118 81 198 21,042
1981 22,545 670 84 2 86 23,301
1982 23,593 295 82 1 83 23,972
1983 22,576 228 62 23 86 22,890
1984 25,269 246 36 3 39 25,554
1985 26,508 246 49 4 52 26,807
1986 26,299 234 41 41 26,575
1987 26,545 391 39 (s) 39 26,975
1988 28,045 421 25 12 37 28,503
1989 29,364 692 30 1 31 30,087
1990 30,508 662 22 (s) 22 31,192
1991 29,867 693 15 22 37 30,598
1992 30,830 690 21 17 38 31,559
1993 31,323 665 12 12 32,000
1994 32,301 1,046 14 (s) 14 33,361
1995 31,168 1,242 12 4 16 32,426
1996 32,551 1,505 15 7 22 34,078
1997 32,825 1,448 16 (s) 16 34,289
1998 33,863 1,807 37 (s) 37 35,706
1999 33,584 2,250 30 1 31 35,865
2000 35,901 3,492 83 3 86 39,478
2001 36,854 4,705 147 (s) 147 41,706
2002 36,343 4,159 23 23 40,524
2003 36,474 4,208 31 31 40,713
2004 36,198 4,540 13 (s) 13 40,751
2005 36,030 5,017 19 19 41,065
2006 36,876 5,036 19 13 32 41,945
2007 36,550 6,702 28 28 43,280
2008 35,617 5,769 16 16 41,402
2009 32,509 6,209 11 (s) 11 38,729
2010 35,254 4,989 16 16 40,259
2011 34,614 4,619 18 18 39,251
2012 34,742 4,715 10 10 39,467
2013 33,996 4,927 8 8 38,930
2014 32,652 5,336 13 13 38,000
2015 31,733 5,199 6 6 36,938
2016 30,087 5,494 7 7 35,589
2017 29,588 5,528 8 8 35,124
2018 26,847 7,235 12 12 34,094
2019 25,729 7,633 9 9 33,371
2020 20,420 8,056 8 8 28,484
2021 23,854 6,629 28 28 30,510
2022 22,002 7,134 28 28 29,165
2023 19,341 7,496 217 217 27,054 [R ]
2024 17,045 7,991 41 41 25,077

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/