Reported emissions from the Miscellaneous Combustion sector^* decreased from 89 million metric tons (MMT) CO₂e in 2011 to 85 MMT CO₂e in 2019, an overall decrease of 4.5 percent. The decline in reported emissions is due primarily to a shift from burning coal to natural gas. Total reported emissions have varied slightly up and down over the time series, with a maximum of 91 MMT CO₂e in 2014 and a minimum of 84 MMT CO₂e in 2017. The number of reporters in 2019 was 1,101, which is a slight increase from 2011, which had 1,085 reporters.

^* The sector includes a broad range of miscellaneous industrial and institutional sources, including the following FLIGHT sectors (food processing, ethanol production, universities, manufacturing, military, and other).