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CO2 emissions estimates - Commercial Gas (LA influence) (15480) Metric type
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- This is the estimate in kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (kt CO2e) emissions for commercial gas within the scope of influence of Local Authorities.
The full dataset includes all emissions that occur within the boundaries of each local authority; the subset however excludes emissions that authorities do not have any direct influence over, these include: Motorways; EU Emissions Trading System sites; Diesel railways; Land use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (all emissions belonging to the LULUCF Net Emissions). Removing these emissions has a much bigger impact on some Local Authorities than others, as some Local Authorities have a much bigger proportion of emissions from the above sources than others. The gas consumption data published by DECC provide estimates of gas consumption by the domestic sector and the industrial and commercial sector for each LA; these are published on the gov.uk website. These statistics are based on data obtained from Xoserve and groups of independent gas transporters. These data have been mapped to LA areas very accurately, using geographical information from the National Statistics Postcode Directory (NSPD).
The Annual Quantity (AQ) gas consumption data supplied to DECC from Xoserve used in the subnational analysis covers the gas for the period covering 1 October through to the following 30 September. The AQ data is an estimate of annualised consumption between two meter readings at least 6 months apart but ideally close to a year apart, with the closing reading taken within the period 1 October to 30 September. However, not all AQs are recalculated each year, mainly because gas shippers have not provided any new meter readings. In these cases, the previous year's data is carried forward. DECC uses the gas industry standard cut-off point of 73,200 kWh to identify small and medium business consumers. This incorrectly allocates many small businesses to the domestic sector and, conversely, a small number of larger domestic consumers to the non-domestic sector. It also means that meters can change sectors from year to year. Recent changes to gas industry data mean there is now a flag indicating whether a meter is domestic or non-domestic and these have been published by DECC as experimental statistics. The official statistics remain in use for the purposes of the Local and Regional CO2 Emissions Estimates, however the use of new data will be reviewed in future as part of our ongoing improvement programme.
- Modified
- 30 Jun 2023
- Data last updated
- 30 Jun 2023
- Short label
- CO2 emissions - Commercial Gas (LA influence)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Kilo tonnes
- Dataset
- CO2 emissions estimates under LA influence
- Source
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
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