Table 12.7b  Emissions From Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output:                       Electric Power Sector, 1989-2006  (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	1,501.1	132.2	168.8	4.3	0.4	1,806.8	15,229	893	1	8	16,130	7,777	271	430	28	8,506
1990	1,514.8	100.8	176.3	5.7	.4	1,798.0	14,965	692	1	14	15,672	7,582	193	430	40	8,245
1991	1,515.2	94.2	179.6	7.1	.4	1,796.6	14,981	684	1	16	15,682	7,590	182	423	46	8,241
1992	1,537.1	78.4	186.8	8.4	.4	1,811.0	14,743	616	1	13	15,373	7,440	141	395	51	8,027
1993	1,605.4	89.5	187.3	8.5	.4	1,891.2	14,476	810	1	14	15,302	7,712	157	393	54	8,316
1994	1,613.3	84.2	210.1	9.2	.4	1,917.2	13,994	733	1	12	14,741	7,470	141	430	52	8,094
1995	1,635.4	60.5	227.5	9.9	.3	1,933.6	11,377	527	1	11	11,917	7,501	104	508	54	8,167
1996	1,725.3	65.5	204.2	9.8	.4	2,005.2	12,266	601	2	11	12,881	5,784	131	423	56	6,394
1997	1,771.3	74.4	219.1	10.2	.4	2,075.3	12,874	692	2	14	13,582	5,796	141	429	66	6,432
1998	1,801.3	104.6	248.6	10.1	.4	2,164.9	12,161	926	2	11	13,099	5,561	220	503	68	6,352
1999	1,807.8	97.0	261.1	10.2	.4	2,176.4	11,844	832	7	10	12,692	5,067	198	491	59	5,817
2000	1,897.7	91.3	281.6	10.0	.4	2,281.1	10,770	696	3	7	11,476	4,724	167	483	60	5,434
2001	1,837.8	101.9	289.6	10.8	.3	2,240.4	10,230	831	2	5	11,069	4,274	279	469	106	5,128
2002	1,853.7	78.0	305.9	12.6	.4	2,250.6	10,037	606	2	17	10,661	4,203	206	468	115	4,992
2003	1,891.5	97.2	277.9	11.3	.4	2,278.4	10,202	639	2	15	10,857	3,853	228	311	108	4,500
2004	1,903.7	99.2	296.2	11.1	.4	2,310.6	9,911	544	2	10	10,466	3,508	212	266	111	4,098
2005	1,944.2	101.5	318.9	11.1	.4	2,376.2	9,999	508	2	11	10,520	3,363	208	268	113	3,952
2006	1,918.4	54.8	337.9	11.4	.4	2,322.9	9,277	291	2	9	9,579	3,199	149	253	118	3,719
1Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal. 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. 2Distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, jet fuel, kerosene, other petroleum, and waste oil. 7Metric tons of carbon dioxide can be converted to metric tons of carbon equivalent by multiplying by 12/44. 3Natural gas, plus a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels. 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. 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.