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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 11.5c Emissions From Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output: Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2010 (Subset of Table 11.5a; Thousand Metric Tons of Gas)
Table 11.5c  Emissions From Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output:
                      Commercial and Industrial Sectors, 1989-2010  (Subset of Table 11.5a; Thousand Metric Tons of Gas)




Year		 Carbon Dioxide 1 Sulfur Dioxide Nitrogen Oxides


Coal 2
Natural
Gas 3

Petroleum 4
Geo-
thermal 5		 Non-
Biomass
Waste 6

Total

Coal 2
Natural
Gas 3

Petroleum 4

Other 7

Total

Coal 2
Natural
Gas 3

Petroleum 4

Other 7

Total
  Commercial Sector 8
1989 2,320 1,542 637 – 804 5,303 37 (s) 5 1 43 9 3 2 3 17
1990 2,418 2,294 706 – 959 6,377 39 (s) 4 1 45 10 6 1 4 21
1991 2,680 2,287 544 – 1,014 6,526 32 (s) 3 1 35 10 6 1 4 21
1992 2,552 2,787 474 – 1,258 7,070 32 (s) 3 1 35 10 7 1 4 21
1993 2,988 3,315 616 – 1,285 8,205 40 (s) 3 1 44 12 7 1 4 24
1994 2,932 3,722 654 – 1,292 8,601 39 (s) 3 (s) 42 11 8 1 4 24
1995 3,106 4,070 509 – 1,462 9,147 30 (s) 3 3 35 8 20 6 11 45
1996 3,639 4,369 534 – 2,023 10,565 40 (s) 3 4 47 9 23 4 14 50
1997 3,871 4,654 716 – 2,277 11,518 43 (s) 3 6 51 10 34 7 14 65
1998 3,341 4,707 829 – 2,081 10,958 37 (s) 5 4 45 10 35 5 16 66
1999 3,468 4,535 742 – 2,008 10,752 34 (s) 4 4 42 9 28 4 17 57
2000 3,635 4,605 740 – 1,684 10,665 33 (s) 4 7 43 8 38 4 16 65
2001 3,366 4,280 839 – 1,418 9,903 43 (s) 4 2 48 13 19 2 16 50
2002 3,025 4,035 571 – 1,520 9,151 41 (s) 2 2 46 13 20 2 13 48
2003 3,904 3,222 683 – 1,706 9,515 32 (s) 3 1 36 9 16 5 15 45
2004 4,018 3,916 920 – 1,962 10,817 30 (s) 3 2 35 8 18 8 16 49
2005 4,031 3,701 759 – 1,897 10,387 33 (s) 3 1 36 9 24 6 15 54
2006 3,908 3,686 445 – 1,946 9,984 33 (s) 3 1 36 9 35 3 17 64
2007 3,994 3,800 363 – 1,635 9,792 33 (s) 3 1 37 10 16 2 16 44
2008 4,155 3,589 310 – 1,953 10,006 32 (s) 1 (s) 33 9 14 1 16 40
2009 3,727 4,093 245 – 2,084 10,149 26 (s) 1 (s) 27 8 13 1 16 39
2010 3,530 4,639 206 – 2,063 10,437 25 (s) 1 (s) 27 7 14 1 15 38
  Industrial Sector 9
1989 51,017 47,188 11,216 – 420 109,842 616 (s) 169 32 817 218 100 21 63 403
1990 55,837 54,326 17,074 – 734 127,971 666 (s) 304 229 1,199 233 116 31 80 461
1991 54,947 55,255 15,659 – 225 126,086 618 (s) 232 230 1,080 215 108 27 66 416
1992 57,742 57,632 17,010 – 319 132,704 655 (s) 143 251 1,049 218 110 29 67 425
1993 58,474 58,805 17,148 – 562 134,988 671 (s) 113 257 1,041 219 110 29 70 429
1994 60,202 61,431 17,186 – 571 139,390 664 (s) 126 267 1,057 219 114 30 71 435
1995 60,212 65,856 15,466 – 505 142,040 585 (s) 243 262 1,090 154 231 43 128 556
1996 60,438 68,237 17,377 – 763 146,815 642 (s) 256 268 1,166 154 228 48 128 558
1997 60,444 68,311 17,701 – 719 147,175 653 (s) 309 261 1,223 155 215 50 121 541
1998 58,967 72,914 17,174 – 546 149,601 603 (s) 247 248 1,099 148 234 53 121 557
1999 59,073 76,100 17,043 – 624 152,840 576 (s) 260 243 1,080 144 223 55 120 541
2000 59,410 75,887 15,440 – 577 151,315 556 (s) 184 248 988 138 238 34 123 533
2001 54,735 71,765 13,457 – 693 140,650 581 (s) 245 259 1,085 206 187 39 156 587
2002 56,665 67,460 11,719 – 640 136,484 639 (s) 221 303 1,163 231 181 36 170 618
2003 52,390 62,598 13,173 – 783 128,944 401 (s) 135 224 761 102 155 28 119 404
2004 55,744 65,413 14,570 – 1,044 136,771 415 (s) 136 227 779 95 157 25 100 376
2005 53,675 59,216 13,791 – 1,145 127,826 395 (s) 124 241 760 75 117 27 104 322
2006 52,418 61,035 12,185 – 1,703 127,341 419 (s) 161 218 798 86 134 26 117 362
2007 48,282 57,467 11,860 – 1,609 119,218 353 1 154 217 726 79 129 26 113 346
2008 46,514 52,261 7,103 – 798 106,675 411 1 103 217 731 93 107 16 84 300
2009 41,268 54,031 7,529 – 824 103,651 256 (s) 98 214 569 73 108 15 81 277
2010 48,786 56,110 5,920 – 779 111,596 274 (s) 105 210 590 85 110 14 86 294
1Metric tons of carbon dioxide can be converted to metric tons of carbon equivalent by multiplying by
12/44.		 8Commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants.
2Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal. 9Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and industrial electricity-only plants.
3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. – =No data reported.  (s)=Less than 0.5 thousand metric tons.
4Distillate 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.  ·  See Table 11.5b for electric power sector 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 sums of components due to independent rounding.
5Carbon dioxide in geothermal steam. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/electricity/.
6Municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived fuel. Sources:  Carbon Dioxide:  U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates based on Form
EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" (and predecessor forms).  Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen
Oxides:  EIA estimates based on Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report" (and predecessor
forms).  Data were adjusted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Continuous Emissions
Monitoring System.
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.		  
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