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Missing Facility Energy

I outputted all the energy use [J] hourly of everything in the IDF that would contribute to the Gas:Facility [J] (Hourly) and Electricity:Facility [J] (Hourly) output meters, but I'm still missing between 5%-10% of the total energy use depending on the hour. Here is a google drive link to the file and my spreadsheet.

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These are the output variables I summed.

Output:Variable,
    *,                       !- Key Value
    Lights Electric Energy,  !- Variable Name
    Hourly;                  !- Reporting Frequency

Output:Variable,
    *,                       !- Key Value
    Electric Equipment Electric Energy,  !- Variable Name
    Hourly;                  !- Reporting Frequency

Output:Variable,
    *,                       !- Key Value
    Exterior Lights Electric Energy,  !- Variable Name
    Hourly;                  !- Reporting Frequency

Output:Variable,
    *,                       !- Key Value
    Fan Electric Energy,     !- Variable Name
    Hourly;                  !- Reporting Frequency

Output:Variable,
    *,                       !- Key Value
    Cooling Coil Electric Energy,  !- Variable Name
    Hourly;                  !- Reporting Frequency

Output:Variable,
    *,                       !- Key Value
    Water Heater Electric Energy,  !- Variable Name
    Hourly;                  !- Reporting Frequency

Output:Variable,
    *,                       !- Key Value
    Heating Coil Gas Energy, !- Variable Name
    Hourly;                  !- Reporting Frequency

And these all all the objects in my IDF. What am I missing?

VERSION
SIMULATIONCONTROL
BUILDING
SURFACECONVECTIONALGORITHM:INSIDE
SURFACECONVECTIONALGORITHM:OUTSIDE
HEATBALANCEALGORITHM
TIMESTEP
SITE:LOCATION
SIZINGPERIOD:DESIGNDAY
RUNPERIOD
RUNPERIODCONTROL:SPECIALDAYS
RUNPERIODCONTROL:DAYLIGHTSAVINGTIME
SITE:GROUNDTEMPERATURE:BUILDINGSURFACE
SITE:WATERMAINSTEMPERATURE
SCHEDULETYPELIMITS
SCHEDULE:COMPACT
MATERIAL
MATERIAL:NOMASS
WINDOWMATERIAL:GLAZING
WINDOWMATERIAL:GAS
WINDOWMATERIAL:GASMIXTURE
CONSTRUCTION
GLOBALGEOMETRYRULES
ZONE
ZONELIST
ZONEGROUP
BUILDINGSURFACE:DETAILED
FENESTRATIONSURFACE:DETAILED
INTERNALMASS
PEOPLE
################################# LIGHTS
################################# ELECTRICEQUIPMENT
ZONEINFILTRATION:DESIGNFLOWRATE
ZONEVENTILATION:WINDANDSTACKOPENAREA
################################# EXTERIOR:LIGHTS
DESIGNSPECIFICATION:OUTDOORAIR
SIZING:PARAMETERS
SIZING:ZONE
SIZING:SYSTEM
ZONECONTROL:THERMOSTAT
THERMOSTATSETPOINT:DUALSETPOINT
AIRTERMINAL:SINGLEDUCT:UNCONTROLLED
ZONEHVAC:EQUIPMENTLIST
ZONEHVAC:EQUIPMENTCONNECTIONS
################################# FAN:ONOFF
################################# COIL:COOLING:DX:SINGLESPEED
################################# COIL:HEATING:FUEL
AIRLOOPHVAC:UNITARY:FURNACE:HEATCOOL
CONTROLLER:OUTDOORAIR
AIRLOOPHVAC:CONTROLLERLIST
AIRLOOPHVAC
AIRLOOPHVAC:OUTDOORAIRSYSTEM:EQUIPMENTLIST
AIRLOOPHVAC:OUTDOORAIRSYSTEM
OUTDOORAIR:MIXER
AIRLOOPHVAC:ZONESPLITTER
AIRLOOPHVAC:SUPPLYPATH
AIRLOOPHVAC:ZONEMIXER
AIRLOOPHVAC:RETURNPATH
BRANCH
BRANCHLIST
OUTDOORAIR:NODE
OUTDOORAIR:NODELIST
################################# WATERHEATER:MIXED
ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:SENSOR
ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:ACTUATOR
ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:PROGRAMCALLINGMANAGER
ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:PROGRAM
AVAILABILITYMANAGER:SCHEDULED
AVAILABILITYMANAGERASSIGNMENTLIST
SETPOINTMANAGER:SINGLEZONE:REHEAT
SETPOINTMANAGER:MIXEDAIR
CURVE:QUADRATIC
CURVE:BIQUADRATIC
OUTPUT:VARIABLEDICTIONARY
OUTPUT:SURFACES:LIST
OUTPUT:SURFACES:DRAWING
OUTPUT:TABLE:SUMMARYREPORTS
OUTPUTCONTROL:TABLE:STYLE
OUTPUT:VARIABLE
OUTPUT:METER