Table 12.7b  Emissions From Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output:
                      Electric Power Sector, 1989-2007  (Subset of Table 12.7a; Thousand Metric Tons of Gas)



Year
Carbon Dioxide 1 Sulfur Dioxide Nitrogen Oxides

Coal 2

Petroleum 3
Natural
Gas 4

MSW 5
Geo-
thermal 6

Total

Coal 2

Petroleum 3
Natural
Gas 4

Other 7

Total

Coal 2

Petroleum 3
Natural
Gas 4

Other 7

Total
1989
1,501,138 132,213 168,805 4,319 360 1,806,835 R 13,815 R 810 1 R 7 R 14,633 R 7,055 R 246 R 390 R 25 R 7,717
1990
1,514,803 100,783 176,345 5,734 380 1,798,046 R 13,576 R 628 1 R 13 R 14,218 R 6,878 R 175 R 390 R 36 R 7,480
1991
1,515,187 94,201 179,639 7,131 394 1,796,551 R 13,590 R 621 1 R 15 R 14,227 R 6,886 R 165 R 384 R 42 R 7,476
1992
1,537,071 78,366 186,792 8,387 396 1,811,012 R 13,375 R 559 1 R 12 R 13,946 R 6,749 R 128 R 359 R 46 R 7,282
1993
1,605,411 89,512 187,350 8,490 411 1,891,173 R 13,133 R 735 1 R 13 R 13,882 R 6,996 R 143 R 357 R 49 R 7,544
1994
1,613,316 84,167 210,098 9,217 380 1,917,178 R 12,695 R 665 1 R 11 R 13,373 R 6,777 R 128 R 390 R 47 R 7,343
1995
1,635,373 60,453 227,531 9,908 326 1,933,591 R 10,573 R 581 1 R 34 R 11,189 R 4,974 R 282 R 402 R 95 R 5,754
1996
1,725,336 65,456 204,224 9,827 356 2,005,198 R 11,129 R 617 R 1 R 32 R 11,779 R 5,144 R 301 R 326 R 96 R 5,866
1997
1,771,312 74,368 219,073 10,227 370 2,075,350 R 11,515 R 653 R 1 R 36 R 12,205 R 5,157 R 269 R 370 R 98 R 5,894
1998
1,801,302 104,582 248,587 10,062 372 2,164,904 R 11,372 R 911 R 1 R 37 R 12,321 R 4,965 R 337 R 431 R 103 R 5,836
1999
1,807,766 96,956 261,143 10,165 377 2,176,407 R 10,843 R 836 R 1 R 42 R 11,722 R 4,535 R 332 R 381 R 109 R 5,357
2000
1,897,723 91,338 281,618 10,043 358 2,281,080 R 10,140 R 746 R 1 R 45 R 10,932 R 4,225 R 367 R 338 R 111 R 5,040
2001
1,837,763 101,874 289,646 10,787 349 2,240,419 R 9,281 R 754 2 5 R 10,041 R 3,878 R 253 R 425 R 96 R 4,652
2002
1,853,683 78,040 305,917 12,622 369 2,250,631 R 9,106 R 550 2 R 16 R 9,672 R 3,813 R 187 R 425 R 104 R 4,528
2003
1,891,549 97,236 277,903 11,329 367 2,278,385 R 9,255 R 579 2 R 13 R 9,849 R 3,496 R 207 R 282 R 98 R 4,082
2004
1,903,702 99,246 296,216 11,053 377 2,310,594 R 8,991 R 493 2 R 9 R 9,495 R 3,183 R 193 R 241 R 101 R 3,717
2005
1,944,227 101,521 318,942 11,135 374 2,376,199 R 9,071 R 461 2 R 10 R 9,543 R 3,051 R 189 R 243 R 103 R 3,585
2006
1,918,413 54,820 337,859 11,414 371 2,322,876 R 8,416 R 264 2 R 8 R 8,690 R 2,902 R 135 R 230 R 107 R 3,374
2007
1,950,722 55,001 371,402 11,180 372 2,388,677 8,002 265 3 9 8,279 2,781 130 236 112 3,259
1Metric tons of carbon dioxide can be converted to metric tons of carbon equivalent by multiplying by
12/44.
7Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels;
wood and wood-derived fuels; municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, tires, agricultural
byproducts, and other biomass; and chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, sulfur, and tar coal.
2Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal. R=Revised.  
3Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil. Notes:  ·  Data are for emissions from energy consumption for electricity generation and useful thermal
output.  ·  The electric power sector comprises 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.  ·  See Table 12.7c for commercial and industrial CHP and electricity-only data.  ·  See Note 2,
"Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at end of Section 8.  ·  See "Useful Thermal
Output" in Glossary.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
4Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html.
5Municipal solid waste (only the estimated plastics portion of municipal solid waste is included) and
tire-derived fuel.
Sources:  Carbon Dioxide:  ·  1989-1997—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-759,
"Monthly Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-867, "Annual Nonutility Power Producer Report."
·  1998-2000—EIA, Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric
Generator Report—Nonutility."  ·  2001-2003—EIA, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report."  ·  2004 forward—EIA,
Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-920,"Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."  Sulfur
Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides:  EIA, Form EIA-767, "Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report." 
Data were adjusted by the Environmental Protection Agency's Continuous Emission Monitoring System.
6Carbon dioxide in geothermal steam.