Electricity Usage

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and Ohio Edison, both companies of FirstEnergy, provide about 90% of Northeast Ohio’s electric power. Company-wide data was obtained from annual reports on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's (PUCO) website. The fuelmix for Northeast Ohio’s electric power generation was calculated based on the percentage of Davis Besse and Perry nuclear power plants owned by CEI and Ohio Edison and a generation fuel mix for the State that was provided by FirstEnergy.

Eleven American Municipal Power of Ohio members (AMP Ohio) and two Rural Electric Associations (REA) distribute the rest of the region’s electrical power. Distribution data was obtained directly from these facilities.

Natural Gas Usage

Columbia Gas of Ohio and The East Ohio Gas Company provide more than 99% of the region’s natural gas. Both companies provided GreenCityBlueLake with annual sales data at the county level. The remaining <1% of Northeast Ohio's gas is distributed by four small companies whose data was extracted from annual reports found on the PUCO's website.

Transportation

The region’s two metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) - Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) and Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS) - provided transportation data in the form of daily vehicle miles traveled (VMT).

Solid Waste Generated

Solid waste data for each of the region’s seven Solid Waste Management Districts (SWMD) is from the Ohio EPA's, Division of Solid and Infectious Waste 2006 Annual District Review Forms. The Annual District Review Forms provide solid waste flows to both transfer facilities and direct hauls to landfills, as well as recycling data (tons and composition).

The composition breakdown of the region’s solid waste was based on the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) 2003 report, State of Ohio Waste Characterization Study.

Fuel Use for Industrial Processes

Industrial fuel use data was extracted from emission inventory point source data and coal burning reports found on the website of the Ohio EPA’s Division of Air Pollution Control.

Other Home Heating Fuels

This data was calculated from several sources. Ohio County Profiles found on the Ohio Department of Development’s website provided data for the number and percentage of households in each county using various home heating fuels. The amounts of fuels used were calculated using this data and state level residential sector energy consumption estimates from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).