U.S. GHG emissions from electricity generation 1990-2020 | Statista

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Electricity generation in the United States released 1.48 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) into the atmosphere in 2020 - a decrease of 10 percent compared with the previous year. Emissions from electricity generation fell roughly 21 percent from 1990 through to 2020.

Greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation in the United States from 1990 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

Characteristic	Emissions in MtCO2e
2020	1,482.2
2019	1,651
2018	1,799.8
2017	1,780.6
2016	1,860.5
2015	1,952.7
2014	2,092.5
2013	2,092.3
2012	2,073.8
2011	2,211.8
2010	2,314
2009	2,198.3
2008	2,414.1
2007	2,467.2
2006	2,401.2
2005	2,456.7
2004	2,390.8
2003	2,358
2002	2,326.8
2001	2,311.4
2000	2,351.1
1999	2,244.8
1998	2,231.4
1997	2,144.9
1996	2,079.4
1995	2,006.9
1994	1,990.3
1993	1,965.6
1992	1,890.1
1991	1,874.8
1990	1,880.5

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April 2022

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United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2020

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