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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, 2006
(Trillion Btu)
Type Sector
Commercial Industrial Electric Power Total
Electric  Utilities Independent Power Producers
Total  36  140  15  216  407 
  Landfill Gas 4 74 8 64 150
  MSW Biogenica  26 6 4 135 171
  Other Biomassb  7 61 3 16 86
a Includes paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings.
b 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 Government Advisory Associates, Resource Recovery Yearbook and Methane Recovery Yearbook; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Landfill Methane Outreach Program estimates; and analysis conducted by the Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels.