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Emission Factor

Electricity supplied from grid

0.4322173842
kgCO2e/kWh

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of the total output of electricity for the United States as reported for 2020 based on 2018 statistics. Total output emission factors can be used as default factors for estimating GHG emissions from electricity use when developing a carbon footprint or emissions inventory. Retrieved from the eGRID2018 Data File (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity supplied from grid
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
SourceEPA
Source DataseteGRID
Region
United States of America (the) (US)
Year
2018
Year Released
2020
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.4322173842kg/kWh
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
electricity_generation
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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