Table 12.7b Emissions From Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output: Electric Power Sector, 1989-2005 (Subset of Table 12.7a)

Table 12.7b Emissions From Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output:
Electric Power Sector, 1989-2005 (Subset of Table 12.7a)

Year

Carbon Dioxide

Sulfur Dioxide

Nitrogen Oxides

Coal ¹

Petroleum ²

Natural
Gas ³

MSW ⁴

Geo-
thermal ⁵

Total

Coal ¹

Petroleum ²

Natural
Gas ³

Other ⁶

Total

Coal ¹

Petroleum ²

Natural
Gas ³

Other ⁶

Total

Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide ⁷

Thousand Short Tons of Sulfur Dioxide

Thousand Short Tons of Nitrogen Oxides

1989

^R1,501.1

^R132.2

^R168.8

^R4.3

0.4

^R1,806.8

15,229

893

16,130

7,777

271

430

8,506

1990

^R1,514.8

^R100.8

^R176.3

^R5.7

^R1,798.0

14,965

692

15,672

7,582

193

430

8,245

1991

^R1,515.2

94.2

^R179.6

^R7.1

^R1,796.6

14,981

684

15,682

7,590

182

423

8,241

1992

^R1,537.1

78.4

^R186.8

^R8.4

^R1,811.0

14,743

616

15,373

7,440

141

395

8,027

1993

^R1,605.4

^R89.5

^R187.3

^R8.5

^R1,891.2

14,476

810

15,302

7,712

157

393

8,316

1994

^R1,613.3

^R84.2

^R210.1

^R9.2

^R1,917.2

13,994

733

14,741

7,470

141

430

8,094

1995

^R1,635.4

^R60.5

227.5

^R9.9

^R1,933.6

11,377

527

11,917

7,501

104

508

8,167

1996

^R1,725.3

^R65.5

204.2

^R9.8

^R2,005.2

12,266

601

12,881

5,784

131

423

6,394

1997

^R1,771.3

^R74.4

^R219.1

^R10.2

^R2,075.3

12,874

692

13,582

5,796

141

429

6,432

1998

^R1,801.3

^R104.6

^R248.6

^R10.1

^R2,164.9

12,161

926

13,099

5,561

220

503

6,352

1999

^R1,807.8

^R97.0

^R261.1

^R10.2

^R2,176.4

11,844

832

12,692

5,067

198

491

5,817

2000

1,897.7

^R91.3

^R281.6

^R10.0

^R2,281.1

10,770

696

11,476

4,724

167

483

5,434

2001

^R1,837.8

^R101.9

^R289.6

^R10.8

^R.3

^R2,240.4

^R10,230

^R831

^R2

^R5

^R11,069

^R4,274

^R279

^R469

^R106

^R5,128

2002

^R1,853.7

^R78.0

^R305.9

12.6

^R2,250.6

^R10,037

^R606

^R17

^R10,661

^R4,203

^R206

^R468

^R115

^R4,992

2003

^R1,891.5

^R97.2

^R277.9

11.3

^R2,278.4

^R10,202

^R639

^R15

^R10,857

^R3,853

^R228

^R311

^R108

^R4,500

2004

^R1,903.7

^R99.2

^R296.2

^R11.1

^R2,310.6

^R9,911

^R544

^R10

^R10,466

^R3,508

^R212

^R266

^R111

^R4,098

2005

1,944.2

101.5

318.9

11.1

2,376.2

9,999

508

10,520

3,363

208

268

113

3,952

¹Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal.

⁷Metric tons of carbon dioxide can be converted to metric tons of carbon equivalent by multiplying by
12/44.

²Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil.

R=Revised.

³Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.

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 (North American Industry Classification System) 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.

⁴Municipal solid waste (only the estimated plastics portion of municipal solid waste is included) and
tire-derived fuel.

Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html.

⁵Carbon dioxide in geothermal steam.

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.

⁶Blast 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.