The electric power industry in the United States released 1.58 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) into the atmosphere in 2022 – a decrease of 0.4 percent from the previous year. Since 2005, the U.S. electric power industry has slashed its emissions by more 36 percent.
Greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power industry in the United States from 1990 to 2022
(in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
Characteristic
Emissions in MtCO₂e
2022
1,577.5
2021
1,584.4
2020
1,482.2
2019
1,650.8
2018
1,799.2
2017
1,779.4
2016
1,859.3
2015
1,951.7
2014
2,091
2013
2,091
2012
2,072.7
2011
2,210.2
2010
2,313.1
2009
2,198.7
2008
2,415.2
2007
2,468.3
2006
2,402.4
2005
2,457.4
2004
2,391.1
2003
2,358
2002
2,326.5
2001
2,310.8
2000
2,350.1
1999
2,243.5
1998
2,230.1
1997
2,143.8
1996
2,078.4
1995
2,006
1994
1,989.6
1993
1,965
1992
1,889.6
1991
1,874.4
1990
1,880.2
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Environmental Protection Agency. (April 11, 2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power industry in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319862/us-electricity-generation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power industry in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. April 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319862/us-electricity-generation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power industry in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319862/us-electricity-generation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from The Electric Power Industry in The United States from 1990 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319862/us-electricity-generation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power industry in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319862/us-electricity-generation-ghg-emissions/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power industry in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, April 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319862/us-electricity-generation-ghg-emissions/
