The
report
attributes
the
3.3%
decline
in
CO2
output
primarily
to
the
weak
economy
which
led
to
a
drop
in
power
generation.
Milder
than
normal
weather
in
the
Fall
and
Winter
was
a
secondary
factor
causing
electricity
demand
to
decline.
EIP
officials
cautioned
that
the
one-year
dip
is
a
departure
from
the
recent
trends
in
power
plant
carbon
dioxide
emissions,
which
have
risen
0.9
percent
since
2003,
and
4.5
percent
since
1998,
according
to
data
from
the
U.S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
``Unfortunately,
one
year
of
improved
data
does
not
mean
that
we
are…
