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95 <br /> COMMERCIAL ENERGY <br /> Commercial energy is the largest emitter of the three classes of energy emissions <br /> (the others being residential and industrial), producing 556,800 MT CO2e. Data on <br /> commercial electricity energy consumption were provided by Piedmont Electric <br /> Cooperative, extrapolated from 2017 data from Duke Energy, and obtained from the <br /> cogeneration plants at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Data for natural gas <br /> usage were sourced from Dominion Energy. <br /> Of the commercial total, electricity accounted for 258,454 MT CO2e, natural gas <br /> contributed 79,263 MT CO2e, and coal-powered cogeneration accounted for 219,083 <br /> MT CO2e. Thus, commercial energy constitutes 34% of total community emissions in <br /> Orange County. <br /> COMMERCIAL ENERGY <br /> ELECTRICITY COGENERATION <br /> 46% 40% <br /> NATURAL GAS <br /> 14% <br /> Figure 5. Commercial Energy Breakdown <br /> 7 ORANGE COUNTY, NC • APPENDICES <br />