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Waste Energy Consumption by Type of Waste and Energy Use Sector                                          
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Table 1.7 Waste Energy Consumption by Type of Waste and Energy Use Sector, 2007
(Trillion Btu)
Type Sector
Commercial Industrial Electric Power Total
Electric Utilities Independent Power Producers
Total 31 162 16 221 430
Landfill Gas 3 93 9 69 173
MSW Biogenic1  21 6 5 134 165
Other Biomass2  7 63 3 19 92
1 Includes paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings. 
2 Agriculture byproducts/crops, sludge waste, and other biomass solids, liquids and gases. 
MSW = Municipal Solid Waste.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report;"  Government Advisory Associates, Resource Recovery Yearbook and Methane Recovery Yearbook; and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Landfill Methane Outreach Program estimates.