Fact #948: October 24, 2016 Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Transportation Exceeded those from the Electric Power Sector for the First Time in 38 Years

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Beginning in 1978, carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from the electric power sector remained higher than the CO₂ emissions produced in the transportation sector (based on 12-month running totals) until February 2016 when transportation was responsible for more emissions. There are several factors that have led to this change. On the transportation side, the recent rise in vehicle miles of travel has led to an increase in fuel consumption and subsequent rise in CO₂ emissions. Within the electric power sector, there was a decrease in CO₂ emissions from a high of 2,434 million metric tons (MMT) in 2008 to 1,810 MMT in May of 2016, about a 25% reduction. The decline in CO₂ emissions in the electric power sector is largely attributable to the decreasing use of coal for power generation.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector, 12-month Running Totals, December 1973 – May 2016

Graph showing carbon dioxide emissions by sector, 12-month running totals from December 1973 to May 2016.

Note: Although the data labels are annual, the data graphed are monthly data, ending with May 2016.

Fact #948 Dataset

Supporting Information

Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector, 12-month Running Totals, December 1973 – May 2016

	12-month Running Totals
Month-Year	Residential Sector	Commercial Sector	Industrial Sector	Transportation Sector	Electric Power Sector
	(Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)
Dec-1973	472	275	1,389	1,313	1,286
Jan-1974	465	273	1,384	1,308	1,280
Feb-1974	458	268	1,384	1,301	1,275
Mar-1974	453	266	1,382	1,295	1,274
Apr-1974	454	267	1,375	1,295	1,273
May-1974	451	266	1,365	1,290	1,276
Jun-1974	451	265	1,360	1,289	1,270
Jul-1974	452	265	1,358	1,289	1,270
Aug-1974	450	264	1,356	1,286	1,262
Sep-1974	450	264	1,357	1,282	1,252
Oct-1974	452	265	1,356	1,282	1,247
Nov-1974	447	263	1,346	1,277	1,246
Dec-1974	449	264	1,332	1,279	1,251
Jan-1975	444	259	1,339	1,287	1,255
Feb-1975	445	258	1,328	1,288	1,258
Mar-1975	449	257	1,323	1,291	1,258
Apr-1975	456	259	1,307	1,294	1,258
May-1975	457	259	1,289	1,293	1,252
Jun-1975	456	258	1,275	1,293	1,252
Jul-1975	456	258	1,261	1,292	1,248
Aug-1975	456	257	1,244	1,289	1,251
Sep-1975	456	257	1,230	1,291	1,251
Oct-1975	453	254	1,217	1,291	1,247
Nov-1975	449	251	1,205	1,287	1,243
Dec-1975	449	249	1,208	1,289	1,244
Jan-1976	457	255	1,198	1,289	1,253
Feb-1976	458	256	1,196	1,293	1,260
Mar-1976	453	255	1,189	1,299	1,269
Apr-1976	443	251	1,197	1,305	1,278
May-1976	442	252	1,208	1,306	1,285
Jun-1976	444	253	1,215	1,312	1,293
Jul-1976	445	254	1,224	1,319	1,299
Aug-1976	445	254	1,230	1,323	1,303
Sep-1976	444	254	1,234	1,329	1,310
Oct-1976	446	255	1,244	1,331	1,319
Nov-1976	460	263	1,254	1,343	1,336
Dec-1976	471	269	1,264	1,352	1,351
Jan-1977	481	274	1,267	1,355	1,367
Feb-1977	489	277	1,263	1,363	1,375
Mar-1977	488	276	1,270	1,367	1,380
Apr-1977	485	275	1,273	1,371	1,382
May-1977	482	274	1,275	1,375	1,393
Jun-1977	480	274	1,282	1,380	1,403
Jul-1977	479	274	1,282	1,381	1,421
Aug-1977	479	275	1,286	1,389	1,433
Sep-1977	478	275	1,292	1,393	1,445
Oct-1977	477	275	1,288	1,398	1,448
Nov-1977	466	269	1,286	1,402	1,444
Dec-1977	457	265	1,279	1,404	1,442
Jan-1978	441	257	1,282	1,409	1,438
Feb-1978	439	257	1,288	1,412	1,443
Mar-1978	448	263	1,280	1,420	1,443
Apr-1978	450	264	1,282	1,422	1,443
May-1978	453	266	1,284	1,434	1,440
Jun-1978	453	266	1,278	1,439	1,439
Jul-1978	453	265	1,280	1,443	1,432
Aug-1978	454	266	1,278	1,449	1,434
Sep-1978	455	266	1,270	1,450	1,437
Oct-1978	456	267	1,267	1,455	1,440
Nov-1978	457	268	1,267	1,460	1,443
Dec-1978	455	266	1,267	1,461	1,448
Jan-1979	456	270	1,273	1,468	1,456
Feb-1979	457	272	1,280	1,474	1,464
Mar-1979	451	271	1,292	1,479	1,469
Apr-1979	451	273	1,291	1,478	1,476
May-1979	447	272	1,294	1,475	1,484
Jun-1979	444	271	1,300	1,470	1,488
Jul-1979	443	271	1,300	1,466	1,494
Aug-1979	440	270	1,306	1,462	1,495
Sep-1979	437	268	1,310	1,460	1,493
Oct-1979	433	268	1,316	1,460	1,499
Nov-1979	430	268	1,318	1,455	1,504
Dec-1979	422	266	1,320	1,452	1,505
Jan-1980	410	261	1,313	1,448	1,502
Feb-1980	398	256	1,311	1,445	1,508
Mar-1980	395	254	1,309	1,435	1,517
Apr-1980	392	252	1,304	1,437	1,516
May-1980	389	251	1,292	1,431	1,511
Jun-1980	388	250	1,278	1,425	1,509
Jul-1980	386	249	1,262	1,424	1,520
Aug-1980	383	248	1,241	1,414	1,530
Sep-1980	381	247	1,230	1,411	1,538
Oct-1980	380	247	1,219	1,407	1,536
Nov-1980	380	248	1,207	1,400	1,538
Dec-1980	382	250	1,197	1,398	1,544
Jan-1981	389	253	1,186	1,399	1,549
Feb-1981	385	249	1,169	1,391	1,541
Mar-1981	377	245	1,160	1,387	1,540
Apr-1981	371	241	1,152	1,381	1,546
May-1981	369	240	1,148	1,378	1,553
Jun-1981	366	238	1,144	1,382	1,563
Jul-1981	365	238	1,147	1,384	1,564
Aug-1981	365	238	1,152	1,387	1,557
Sep-1981	364	238	1,149	1,387	1,553
Oct-1981	365	238	1,142	1,382	1,558
Nov-1981	362	236	1,131	1,383	1,555
Dec-1981	357	232	1,123	1,383	1,551
Jan-1982	353	230	1,119	1,373	1,552
Feb-1982	353	231	1,116	1,372	1,553
Mar-1982	356	233	1,107	1,371	1,548
Apr-1982	364	238	1,102	1,375	1,542
May-1982	364	239	1,087	1,374	1,537
Jun-1982	364	238	1,076	1,371	1,521
Jul-1982	363	238	1,061	1,366	1,511
Aug-1982	363	238	1,048	1,363	1,507
Sep-1982	365	239	1,032	1,360	1,502
Oct-1982	361	237	1,017	1,356	1,493
Nov-1982	358	235	1,008	1,358	1,490
Dec-1982	355	233	985	1,352	1,481
Jan-1983	353	231	966	1,348	1,465
Feb-1983	346	229	959	1,339	1,454
Mar-1983	344	229	951	1,342	1,450
Apr-1983	342	228	947	1,334	1,447
May-1983	343	229	948	1,335	1,444
Jun-1983	343	230	945	1,337	1,447
Jul-1983	343	231	944	1,338	1,456
Aug-1983	344	232	939	1,343	1,475
Sep-1983	341	231	938	1,347	1,488
Oct-1983	338	231	933	1,350	1,495
Nov-1983	336	232	929	1,350	1,501
Dec-1983	336	233	931	1,357	1,521
Jan-1984	342	236	950	1,364	1,537
Feb-1984	344	237	963	1,372	1,548
Mar-1984	348	239	977	1,369	1,562
Apr-1984	349	239	990	1,375	1,568
May-1984	351	241	1,001	1,380	1,578
Jun-1984	352	241	1,008	1,382	1,593
Jul-1984	353	242	1,015	1,386	1,592
Aug-1984	354	242	1,022	1,390	1,589
Sep-1984	356	243	1,025	1,388	1,585
Oct-1984	358	244	1,031	1,391	1,593
Nov-1984	360	244	1,032	1,393	1,600
Dec-1984	360	243	1,035	1,387	1,588
Jan-1985	351	236	1,028	1,389	1,592
Feb-1985	361	239	1,024	1,390	1,598
Mar-1985	357	236	1,015	1,393	1,595
Apr-1985	352	232	1,007	1,397	1,601
May-1985	348	229	1,001	1,400	1,607
Jun-1985	347	227	997	1,399	1,604
Jul-1985	347	226	993	1,402	1,609
Aug-1985	347	225	991	1,405	1,605
Sep-1985	347	223	986	1,406	1,609
Oct-1985	349	223	983	1,409	1,607
Nov-1985	348	222	979	1,411	1,604
Dec-1985	356	224	983	1,418	1,619
Jan-1986	358	227	983	1,419	1,617
Feb-1986	350	224	984	1,420	1,614
Mar-1986	352	226	990	1,424	1,614
Apr-1986	350	226	988	1,427	1,609
May-1986	353	227	987	1,430	1,606
Jun-1986	352	227	987	1,435	1,611
Jul-1986	352	227	980	1,442	1,624
Aug-1986	352	227	974	1,446	1,622
Sep-1986	352	227	971	1,452	1,623
Oct-1986	351	227	964	1,457	1,622
Nov-1986	353	227	960	1,461	1,623
Dec-1986	347	224	954	1,469	1,613
Jan-1987	344	222	956	1,473	1,611
Feb-1987	342	221	955	1,481	1,610
Mar-1987	342	221	946	1,483	1,613
Apr-1987	345	222	947	1,487	1,619
May-1987	344	221	944	1,491	1,628
Jun-1987	345	221	946	1,496	1,638
Jul-1987	346	222	955	1,500	1,642
Aug-1987	345	222	961	1,500	1,659
Sep-1987	346	223	967	1,508	1,663
Oct-1987	350	225	976	1,513	1,668
Nov-1987	352	226	982	1,515	1,673
Dec-1987	353	227	990	1,516	1,680
Jan-1988	360	229	986	1,523	1,692
Feb-1988	365	232	991	1,533	1,707
Mar-1988	367	233	1,005	1,544	1,715
Apr-1988	367	233	1,005	1,549	1,718
May-1988	369	234	1,011	1,550	1,716
Jun-1988	369	235	1,013	1,555	1,718
Jul-1988	369	236	1,014	1,554	1,720
Aug-1988	371	238	1,021	1,558	1,733
Sep-1988	370	238	1,025	1,561	1,736
Oct-1988	370	237	1,031	1,563	1,742
Nov-1988	372	238	1,038	1,571	1,747
Dec-1988	374	238	1,039	1,576	1,758
Jan-1989	367	234	1,039	1,576	1,756
Feb-1989	365	232	1,035	1,572	1,766
Mar-1989	367	233	1,032	1,572	1,781
Apr-1989	368	233	1,035	1,570	1,793
May-1989	368	232	1,038	1,573	1,803
Jun-1989	369	233	1,042	1,575	1,804
Jul-1989	368	232	1,044	1,576	1,801
Aug-1989	369	231	1,043	1,580	1,789
Sep-1989	370	231	1,043	1,578	1,797
Oct-1989	369	230	1,041	1,582	1,802
Nov-1989	370	230	1,041	1,583	1,807
Dec-1989	380	235	1,041	1,588	1,826
Jan-1990	379	235	1,046	1,591	1,824
Feb-1990	372	232	1,045	1,595	1,807
Mar-1990	363	229	1,044	1,594	1,800
Apr-1990	362	229	1,047	1,595	1,802
May-1990	361	229	1,050	1,598	1,805
Jun-1990	360	230	1,051	1,594	1,814
Jul-1990	360	231	1,054	1,596	1,821
Aug-1990	359	231	1,058	1,600	1,831
Sep-1990	358	232	1,060	1,598	1,841
Oct-1990	356	233	1,062	1,595	1,850
Nov-1990	353	232	1,061	1,594	1,848
Dec-1990	340	227	1,057	1,584	1,831
Jan-1991	344	230	1,055	1,581	1,841
Feb-1991	345	231	1,049	1,574	1,843
Mar-1991	346	231	1,043	1,570	1,840
Apr-1991	345	230	1,037	1,568	1,834
May-1991	343	229	1,029	1,563	1,840
Jun-1991	343	228	1,022	1,564	1,838
Jul-1991	343	228	1,020	1,564	1,838
Aug-1991	342	227	1,016	1,559	1,835
Sep-1991	341	226	1,018	1,562	1,829
Oct-1991	341	226	1,019	1,563	1,824
Nov-1991	345	227	1,022	1,561	1,832
Dec-1991	347	228	1,023	1,565	1,830
Jan-1992	344	226	1,025	1,567	1,825
Feb-1992	346	226	1,032	1,574	1,831
Mar-1992	347	226	1,040	1,575	1,840
Apr-1992	351	227	1,046	1,579	1,848
May-1992	352	228	1,054	1,582	1,842
Jun-1992	352	228	1,060	1,581	1,838
Jul-1992	352	227	1,065	1,582	1,842
Aug-1992	352	226	1,068	1,581	1,836
Sep-1992	353	227	1,066	1,581	1,840
Oct-1992	354	227	1,066	1,583	1,841
Nov-1992	353	227	1,066	1,584	1,838
Dec-1992	357	229	1,069	1,588	1,843
Jan-1993	359	228	1,065	1,584	1,843
Feb-1993	363	230	1,067	1,581	1,849
Mar-1993	372	234	1,068	1,584	1,857
Apr-1993	373	234	1,066	1,585	1,854
May-1993	373	233	1,061	1,587	1,849
Jun-1993	373	233	1,060	1,590	1,857
Jul-1993	374	233	1,057	1,590	1,870
Aug-1993	375	232	1,054	1,591	1,893
Sep-1993	374	231	1,056	1,597	1,896
Oct-1993	374	230	1,059	1,597	1,903
Nov-1993	374	229	1,062	1,603	1,911
Dec-1993	372	226	1,063	1,604	1,919
Jan-1994	380	231	1,071	1,610	1,940
Feb-1994	385	233	1,075	1,615	1,945
Mar-1994	379	231	1,071	1,616	1,943
Apr-1994	375	230	1,074	1,620	1,948
May-1994	376	230	1,077	1,622	1,959
Jun-1994	374	230	1,080	1,627	1,976
Jul-1994	373	230	1,080	1,630	1,972
Aug-1994	372	230	1,084	1,639	1,964
Sep-1994	371	230	1,085	1,640	1,963
Oct-1994	371	230	1,084	1,642	1,962
Nov-1994	368	229	1,080	1,642	1,953
Dec-1994	364	229	1,081	1,644	1,944
Jan-1995	355	224	1,078	1,649	1,927
Feb-1995	350	223	1,075	1,649	1,923
Mar-1995	348	221	1,079	1,655	1,918
Apr-1995	350	223	1,079	1,654	1,914
May-1995	351	223	1,081	1,658	1,914
Jun-1995	351	223	1,083	1,664	1,901
Jul-1995	350	222	1,085	1,665	1,909
Aug-1995	349	222	1,085	1,664	1,934
Sep-1995	349	222	1,088	1,669	1,940
Oct-1995	348	222	1,087	1,673	1,941
Nov-1995	354	226	1,090	1,679	1,950
Dec-1995	361	231	1,092	1,678	1,960
Jan-1996	369	235	1,097	1,682	1,973
Feb-1996	374	237	1,101	1,689	1,983
Mar-1996	381	240	1,106	1,690	1,990
Apr-1996	384	241	1,110	1,696	1,993
May-1996	384	241	1,111	1,701	2,004
Jun-1996	385	241	1,113	1,700	2,014
Jul-1996	385	241	1,115	1,708	2,013
Aug-1996	385	241	1,117	1,714	2,001
Sep-1996	386	241	1,115	1,712	2,006
Oct-1996	389	241	1,123	1,721	2,017
Nov-1996	391	242	1,125	1,722	2,028
Dec-1996	389	240	1,125	1,722	2,033
Jan-1997	388	240	1,126	1,722	2,039
Feb-1997	383	238	1,122	1,720	2,033
Mar-1997	377	236	1,120	1,721	2,034
Apr-1997	375	235	1,124	1,726	2,041
May-1997	375	236	1,125	1,727	2,041
Jun-1997	375	237	1,125	1,730	2,042
Jul-1997	376	239	1,128	1,735	2,057
Aug-1997	376	240	1,130	1,732	2,061
Sep-1997	376	241	1,130	1,736	2,075
Oct-1997	375	241	1,128	1,734	2,088
Nov-1997	372	240	1,127	1,736	2,090
Dec-1997	371	240	1,130	1,741	2,101
Jan-1998	364	237	1,127	1,745	2,100
Feb-1998	359	235	1,125	1,745	2,104
Mar-1998	362	235	1,122	1,747	2,115
Apr-1998	359	234	1,118	1,753	2,121
May-1998	357	233	1,115	1,752	2,140
Jun-1998	356	232	1,113	1,754	2,163
Jul-1998	356	231	1,112	1,758	2,175
Aug-1998	355	231	1,113	1,762	2,196
Sep-1998	353	230	1,114	1,767	2,207
Oct-1998	352	229	1,110	1,771	2,203
Nov-1998	346	226	1,106	1,774	2,197
Dec-1998	339	223	1,103	1,779	2,192
Jan-1999	345	225	1,101	1,779	2,199
Feb-1999	347	226	1,098	1,781	2,204
Mar-1999	349	227	1,097	1,787	2,208
Apr-1999	350	227	1,093	1,784	2,221
May-1999	350	227	1,088	1,791	2,219
Jun-1999	351	227	1,084	1,795	2,213
Jul-1999	351	226	1,078	1,796	2,220
Aug-1999	352	225	1,076	1,802	2,219
Sep-1999	354	225	1,077	1,804	2,208
Oct-1999	356	226	1,076	1,809	2,208
Nov-1999	356	225	1,076	1,813	2,209
Dec-1999	360	226	1,073	1,825	2,204
Jan-2000	358	225	1,071	1,826	2,215
Feb-2000	363	226	1,074	1,838	2,232
Mar-2000	356	224	1,071	1,841	2,236
Apr-2000	355	224	1,068	1,844	2,231
May-2000	355	225	1,076	1,848	2,242
Jun-2000	355	225	1,078	1,852	2,252
Jul-2000	355	226	1,079	1,857	2,239
Aug-2000	356	227	1,080	1,863	2,246
Sep-2000	357	228	1,078	1,867	2,255
Oct-2000	358	229	1,075	1,870	2,265
Nov-2000	364	232	1,072	1,873	2,283
Dec-2000	380	239	1,070	1,869	2,310
Jan-2001	387	242	1,072	1,873	2,318
Feb-2001	387	242	1,069	1,867	2,314
Mar-2001	395	245	1,073	1,868	2,318
Apr-2001	396	245	1,076	1,869	2,323
May-2001	395	244	1,071	1,871	2,317
Jun-2001	394	244	1,065	1,868	2,310
Jul-2001	395	244	1,062	1,869	2,314
Aug-2001	394	242	1,057	1,867	2,316
Sep-2001	393	242	1,050	1,863	2,309
Oct-2001	393	242	1,051	1,860	2,303
Nov-2001	386	238	1,050	1,858	2,291
Dec-2001	367	230	1,043	1,848	2,273
Jan-2002	357	225	1,042	1,850	2,253
Feb-2002	352	223	1,036	1,851	2,245
Mar-2002	350	222	1,031	1,853	2,240
Apr-2002	349	222	1,030	1,856	2,241
May-2002	352	223	1,028	1,859	2,237
Jun-2002	352	223	1,029	1,864	2,239
Jul-2002	351	223	1,032	1,864	2,246
Aug-2002	351	223	1,032	1,867	2,241
Sep-2002	350	223	1,032	1,871	2,255
Oct-2002	351	223	1,029	1,872	2,264
Nov-2002	358	227	1,031	1,878	2,276
Dec-2002	367	231	1,029	1,889	2,288
Jan-2003	377	237	1,026	1,888	2,309
Feb-2003	388	243	1,032	1,889	2,325
Mar-2003	390	245	1,031	1,888	2,329
Apr-2003	391	245	1,030	1,886	2,326
May-2003	390	245	1,027	1,883	2,325
Jun-2003	390	245	1,024	1,880	2,319
Jul-2003	391	245	1,022	1,880	2,315
Aug-2003	391	245	1,019	1,882	2,319
Sep-2003	392	246	1,018	1,885	2,314
Oct-2003	391	245	1,018	1,888	2,312
Nov-2003	387	243	1,015	1,888	2,314
Dec-2003	385	241	1,020	1,888	2,319
Jan-2004	385	240	1,022	1,893	2,320
Feb-2004	383	240	1,024	1,904	2,326
Mar-2004	377	238	1,027	1,911	2,325
Apr-2004	375	237	1,029	1,917	2,327
May-2004	373	237	1,037	1,922	2,340
Jun-2004	373	237	1,043	1,928	2,348
Jul-2004	373	237	1,045	1,934	2,348
Aug-2004	373	237	1,049	1,935	2,337
Sep-2004	372	236	1,051	1,940	2,342
Oct-2004	370	235	1,053	1,945	2,343
Nov-2004	371	236	1,057	1,950	2,345
Dec-2004	371	238	1,057	1,954	2,350
Jan-2005	367	235	1,055	1,958	2,350
Feb-2005	361	231	1,050	1,955	2,342
Mar-2005	366	232	1,050	1,958	2,352
Apr-2005	365	231	1,046	1,960	2,352
May-2005	367	231	1,041	1,965	2,344
Jun-2005	368	231	1,038	1,967	2,356
Jul-2005	368	231	1,032	1,970	2,371
Aug-2005	368	231	1,026	1,975	2,393
Sep-2005	367	231	1,020	1,975	2,405
Oct-2005	366	229	1,013	1,975	2,412
Nov-2005	364	228	1,008	1,977	2,411
Dec-2005	364	227	1,006	1,981	2,416
Jan-2006	352	222	1,004	1,985	2,398
Feb-2006	348	220	1,001	1,986	2,398
Mar-2006	345	219	997	1,989	2,393
Apr-2006	343	217	994	1,992	2,390
May-2006	339	216	990	1,992	2,394
Jun-2006	337	215	991	1,996	2,387
Jul-2006	335	214	990	1,999	2,388
Aug-2006	333	212	995	2,002	2,386
Sep-2006	332	212	1,002	2,005	2,370
Oct-2006	333	213	1,009	2,009	2,369
Nov-2006	333	213	1,011	2,008	2,370
Dec-2006	323	208	1,012	2,009	2,358
Jan-2007	328	209	1,013	2,008	2,373
Feb-2007	338	214	1,018	2,010	2,386
Mar-2007	338	213	1,017	2,008	2,386
Apr-2007	340	215	1,020	2,009	2,394
May-2007	339	214	1,024	2,013	2,395
Jun-2007	338	214	1,020	2,015	2,399
Jul-2007	338	214	1,019	2,016	2,391
Aug-2007	338	213	1,016	2,017	2,399
Sep-2007	337	213	1,012	2,018	2,413
Oct-2007	334	212	1,006	2,017	2,416
Nov-2007	335	212	1,003	2,020	2,418
Dec-2007	344	217	999	2,016	2,425
Jan-2008	350	221	1,000	2,009	2,432
Feb-2008	348	221	999	2,004	2,432
Mar-2008	350	222	997	1,998	2,434
Apr-2008	350	222	996	1,992	2,434
May-2008	352	223	991	1,984	2,429
Jun-2008	353	224	989	1,972	2,429
Jul-2008	354	224	987	1,960	2,430
Aug-2008	354	224	981	1,945	2,407
Sep-2008	353	224	970	1,927	2,396
Oct-2008	355	225	973	1,918	2,383
Nov-2008	355	225	969	1,904	2,379
Dec-2008	357	226	960	1,893	2,373
Jan-2009	358	228	950	1,887	2,363
Feb-2009	352	225	938	1,877	2,338
Mar-2009	347	224	925	1,871	2,318
Apr-2009	346	224	910	1,863	2,297
May-2009	344	223	895	1,851	2,278
Jun-2009	342	222	885	1,847	2,254
Jul-2009	342	222	874	1,840	2,225
Aug-2009	341	223	865	1,837	2,211
Sep-2009	342	224	864	1,837	2,191
Oct-2009	344	224	850	1,831	2,178
Nov-2009	340	223	841	1,828	2,161
Dec-2009	338	223	839	1,827	2,158
Jan-2010	338	222	835	1,823	2,160
Feb-2010	340	224	836	1,820	2,172
Mar-2010	338	222	845	1,820	2,177
Apr-2010	332	219	854	1,821	2,178
May-2010	332	219	861	1,825	2,191
Jun-2010	333	219	868	1,827	2,211
Jul-2010	332	218	875	1,831	2,238
Aug-2010	331	218	886	1,834	2,258
Sep-2010	330	217	894	1,841	2,270
Oct-2010	327	216	898	1,842	2,265
Nov-2010	331	218	904	1,845	2,266
Dec-2010	336	221	911	1,844	2,270
Jan-2011	336	221	918	1,845	2,266
Feb-2011	333	220	917	1,847	2,252
Mar-2011	334	221	918	1,847	2,245
Apr-2011	335	222	917	1,843	2,246
May-2011	334	222	918	1,839	2,240
Jun-2011	333	221	918	1,839	2,231
Jul-2011	332	221	918	1,834	2,228
Aug-2011	333	223	918	1,830	2,220
Sep-2011	334	224	915	1,825	2,212
Oct-2011	336	225	918	1,820	2,208
Nov-2011	335	226	921	1,817	2,198
Dec-2011	325	221	915	1,813	2,170
Jan-2012	315	217	916	1,808	2,138
Feb-2012	309	213	923	1,810	2,126
Mar-2012	298	208	919	1,804	2,106
Apr-2012	294	206	919	1,800	2,087
May-2012	292	206	921	1,799	2,079
Jun-2012	292	206	923	1,795	2,064
Jul-2012	291	205	925	1,794	2,056
Aug-2012	291	205	925	1,794	2,041
Sep-2012	290	204	924	1,789	2,032
Oct-2012	289	203	927	1,787	2,031
Nov-2012	290	203	928	1,784	2,037
Dec-2012	286	201	934	1,776	2,034
Jan-2013	292	203	936	1,778	2,041
Feb-2013	298	206	932	1,771	2,044
Mar-2013	314	214	932	1,773	2,065
Apr-2013	320	217	932	1,774	2,073
May-2013	322	218	935	1,775	2,066
Jun-2013	321	218	935	1,775	2,065
Jul-2013	321	218	938	1,779	2,050
Aug-2013	321	217	937	1,781	2,043
Sep-2013	321	217	943	1,786	2,046
Oct-2013	320	216	945	1,791	2,044
Nov-2013	322	218	949	1,797	2,038
Dec-2013	333	223	952	1,803	2,050
Jan-2014	341	227	955	1,804	2,072
Feb-2014	346	230	957	1,807	2,089
Mar-2014	348	231	957	1,807	2,092
Apr-2014	346	230	962	1,810	2,087
May-2014	347	231	959	1,811	2,088
Jun-2014	348	232	959	1,813	2,087
Jul-2014	348	232	960	1,814	2,081
Aug-2014	348	232	960	1,816	2,080
Sep-2014	349	233	960	1,816	2,075
Oct-2014	350	234	960	1,819	2,070
Nov-2014	353	236	957	1,820	2,068
Dec-2014	347	234	953	1,828	2,050
Jan-2015	342	232	952	1,832	2,026
Feb-2015	345	233	954	1,833	2,017
Mar-2015	340	231	958	1,840	1,998
Apr-2015	339	230	956	1,840	1,986
May-2015	337	229	957	1,844	1,978
Jun-2015	336	227	960	1,848	1,978
Jul-2015	335	227	961	1,852	1,980
Aug-2015	335	227	962	1,856	1,974
Sep-2015	332	225	958	1,862	1,973
Oct-2015	332	225	950	1,862	1,965
Nov-2015	326	221	942	1,863	1,944
Dec-2015	319	218	938	1,864	1,918
Jan-2016	318	217	934	1,864	1,905
Feb-2016	308	212	936	1,872	1,874
Mar-2016	298	208	933	1,877	1,842
Apr-2016	300	209	929	1,881	1,828
May-2016	302	211	922	1,885	1,810
Note: To avoid double-counting, the "Industrial Share of Electric Power Sector CO₂ Emissions" were subtracted from the Industrial Total, the “Residential Share of Electric Power Sector CO₂ Emissions” were subtracted from the Residential Total, and so on for Commercial and Transportation sectors. Source: Energy Information Administration, August 2016 Monthly Energy Review, Tables 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, and 12.6.

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