20.1 Sector Descriptions and Overview
The EIS sectors documented in this section include these emissions from residential fuel combustion:
- Fuel Comb - Residential - Natural Gas. Includes fuel natural gas only. Residential natural gas combustion is natural gas that is burned to heat residential housing as well as in grills, hot water heaters, and dryers.
- Fuel Comb - Residential – Oil. Includes the fuels: distillate oil, kerosene, and residual oil. Residual oil is not an EPA-estimated category, and no agencies submitted data for it in 2020. Residential distillate oil combustion is oil that is burned in residential housing. Residential kerosene combustion is kerosene that is burned in residential housing. Common uses of energy associated with this sector include space heating, water heating, cooking, and running a wide variety of other equipment.
- Fuel Comb - Residential – Other: Includes the fuels: coal, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), and “biomass; all except wood”. Note that “biomass; all except wood” is not an EPA-estimated category and no agency submitted data for it in 2020. Residential coal combustion is coal that is burned in residential housing. Residential LPG combustion is liquefied propane gas that is burned in residential housing. Common uses of energy associated with this sector include space heating, water heating, and cooking.
Table 20.1 shows, for non-wood Residential heating, the nonpoint SCCs covered by the EPA estimates and by the State/Local and Tribal agencies that submitted data. The SCC level 3 and 4 SCC descriptions are also provided. The SCC level 1 and 2 descriptions is “Stationary Source Fuel Combustion; Residential” for all SCCs. According to the State Energy Data System (SEDS) Consumption tables published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) [ref 1], there was no residential coal combustion in 2020. However, the old methodology is retained here and provided in an EPA workbook, and as seen in Table 20.1, with zero emissions, in case a state would like to use their own coal consumption data.
| SCC | Description | Sector | EPA | SLT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2104002000 | Bituminous/Subbituminous Coal; Total: All Combustor Types | Fuel Comb - Residential - Other | X | X |
| 2104004000 | Distillate Oil; Total: All Combustor Types | Fuel Comb - Residential - Oil | X | X |
| 2104006000 | Natural Gas; Total: All Combustor Types | Fuel Comb - Residential - Natural Gas | X | X |
| 2104007000 | Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG); Total: All Combustor Types | Fuel Comb - Residential - Other | X | X |
| 2104011000 | Kerosene; Total: All Heater Types | Fuel Comb - Residential - Oil | X | X |