E4. Commercial Energy Inventory Results
1.41 MMT of CO2e | 40% of Energy (Building) Emissions | 22% of overall emissions
MT CO2e by Energy Type for the Commercial Sector
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MT CO2e by Energy Type for the Residential Sector |
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Fuel Type |
MT CO2e |
Percent |
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Electric |
1,082,310 |
77% |
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Natural Gas |
284,073 |
20% |
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Other |
46,343 |
3% |
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TOTAL |
1,413,725 |
100% |
Definition: Commercial and institutional buildings and facilities provide public services for community needs, including safety, security, communications, recreation, sport, education, health, public administration, religious, cultural, and social. This includes commercial buildings and establishments, such as retail outlets, shopping complexes, office buildings; institutional buildings, such as schools, hospitals, police stations, government offices; and facilities, such as street lighting on highways, secondary roads and pedestrian areas, parking, mass transit, docks, navigation aids, fire and police protection, and public recreation areas. Water supply, waste collection and treatment (including drainage) are calculated separately, per the USCP.
Commercial Energy Use in Washoe County – Electricity
Washoe County commercial customers used 3,272,854 megawatts (MW) of electricity in 2021. NV Energy delivered 3,272,732 megawatts (MW) of electricity to 32,762 commercial customers and 1,405 government (municipal) customers in 2021. Surprise Valley Electrification Corp delivered 65 MW to 6 commercial customers, and Plumas Sierra delivered 57 MW to 7 commercial customers.
Government (municipal) energy usage is included in the Commercial sector for NV Energy’s data. To avoid double-counting with the Water and Wastewater sector, this inventory has removed the total reported Water and Wastewater kWh (107,066,420) from NV Energy’s reported Municipal Electric kWh (161,977,037). The Municipal remainder (54,910,653) is reported below.
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Commercial Electricity Use in Washoe County, 2021 |
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Commercial Electric |
MT CO2e |
kWh |
MW |
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NV Energy - all Commercial Electric |
1,083,275 |
3,272,732,775 |
3,272,732 |
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NV Energy - Commercial Electric |
1,065,100 |
3,217,822,122 |
3,217,822 |
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NV Energy - Municipal Electric |
18,175 |
54,910,653 |
54,910 |
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Surprise Valley Electrification Corp - Commercial |
19 |
65,284 |
65 |
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Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative - Commercial |
16 |
56,624 |
57 |
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TOTAL |
1,083,311 |
3,272,854,683 |
3,272,854 |
Commercial Energy Use in Washoe County – Natural Gas
Washoe County commercial customers used 53,395,093 therms of natural gas in 2021. NV Energy delivered 51,656,782 therms to 14,144 commercial customers, and Southwest Gas delivered 1,738,311 therms to 600 commercial customers.
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Commercial Natural Gas Use in Washoe County, 2021 |
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Commercial Natural Gas |
MT CO2e |
Therms |
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NV Energy - Commercial Natural Gas |
274,827 |
51,656,782 |
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Southwest Gas - Commercial Natural Gas |
9,246 |
1,738,311 |
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TOTAL |
284,073 |
53,395,093 |
Commercial Energy Use in Washoe County – Other Stationary Fuel Combustion
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) provides statewide MMBtu generation from alternate stationary energy types, to which the inventory applies a ratio of 16.21% for commercial jobs based on US Census Bureau jobs data to calculate Washoe County’s share of these emissions. See Appendix 8 for a full jobs count list.
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Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2021 |
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House Heating fuel type |
Million Btu (MMBtu), Nevada |
Million Btu (MMBtu), Washoe County |
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Bottled, tank, or liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, including propane |
1,900,000 |
307,917 |
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All other fuels, including wood |
400,000 |
64,825 |
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Distillate fuel oil |
2,200,000 |
356,535 |