PERI: Toxic 100 Index

NRG Energy

Rank in Greenhouse 100: 8
2018 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 44,371,477
Percentage of national total 2018 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 1.5%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 0.7%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants, Other
EJ: Poor Share: 10%
EJ: Minority Share: 58%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 96 on the Toxic 100 Water list.

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Facility Name	City	State	Sub-Sector	CO2 equivalent emissions (mt)	Percent of total company emissions	Split *	EJ Minority %	EJ Poor %
W A Parish	THOMPSONS	TX	Power Plants	14,620,769	32.95%		63.7%	6.1%
Limestone	JEWETT	TX	Power Plants	9,699,523	21.86%		26.6%	14.4%
Powerton	PEKIN	IL	Power Plants	5,306,606	11.96%		10.4%	13.1%
Big Cajun 2	NEW ROADS	LA	Power Plants	4,773,731	10.76%		37.6%	15.8%
Waukegan	WAUKEGAN	IL	Power Plants	1,800,355	4.06%		55.2%	11.9%
Will County	ROMEOVILLE	IL	Power Plants	1,140,805	2.57%		37.5%	7.2%
Sunrise Power Company	FELLOWS	CA	Power Plants	1,008,956	2.27%		41.9%	28.5%
Cedar Bayou	BAYTOWN	TX	Power Plants	856,115	1.93%		58.9%	14.4%
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station	LA PORTE	TX	Power Plants	788,830	1.78%		61.2%	14.8%
Arthur Kill	Staten Island	NY	Power Plants	623,212	1.40%		57.2%	12.7%
MIDWAY-SUNSET COGENERATION CO.	FELLOWS	CA	Power Plants	543,339	1.22%		16.3%	22.8%
El Segundo	EL SEGUNDO	CA	Power Plants	485,609	1.09%		71.4%	15.1%
Joliet 29	JOLIET	IL	Power Plants	386,636	0.87%		38.3%	8.8%
T H Wharton	HOUSTON	TX	Power Plants	293,905	0.66%		69.4%	15.2%
Indian River	DAGSBORO	DE	Power Plants	287,601	0.65%		20.9%	10.6%
Middletown	MIDDLETOWN	CT	Power Plants	273,900	0.62%		18.9%	6.2%
Cedar Bayou 4	ELDON	TX	Power Plants	513,078	0.58%	50%	59.3%	14.7%
Cabrillo Power I Encina Power Station	CARLSBAD	CA	Power Plants	234,142	0.53%		45.1%	10.4%
Walnut Creek Energy LLC.	City of Industry	CA	Power Plants	203,111	0.46%		83.0%	11.3%
SAGUARO POWER COMPANY	HENDERSON	NV	Power Plants	349,084	0.39%	50%	53.0%	14.1%
Marsh Landing Generating Station	Antioch	CA	Power Plants	139,472	0.31%		64.3%	11.7%
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility	Nipton	CA	Power Plants	77,052	0.17%		--	--
Montville	UNCASVILLE	CT	Power Plants	76,952	0.17%		30.1%	10.9%
Oswego Harbor Power	OSWEGO	NY	Power Plants	59,575	0.13%		9.6%	18.0%
Energy Center Omaha LLC	OMAHA	NE	Manufacturing	56,182	0.13%		32.0%	13.7%
NRG Energy Center Dover	DOVER	DE	Power Plants	54,800	0.12%		41.7%	13.1%
Carlsbad Energy Center Project	Carlsbad	CA	Power Plants	49,697	0.11%		45.0%	10.4%
Greens Bayou	HOUSTON	TX	Power Plants	39,129	0.09%		88.5%	23.1%
Astoria Gas Turbine Power	ASTORIA	NY	Power Plants	29,577	0.07%		71.1%	18.7%
Long Beach Generating Station	LONG BEACH	CA	Power Plants	21,479	0.05%		73.9%	14.8%
Joliet 9	JOLIET	IL	Power Plants	8,788	0.02%		38.3%	8.8%
NRG Dunkirk Power	DUNKIRK	NY	Power Plants	545	0.00%		21.0%	17.6%
Gregory Power Facility	GREGORY	TX	Power Plants	0	0.00%		49.7%	10.7%
Sam Bertron	DEER PARK	TX	Power Plants	0	0.00%		68.9%	15.5%

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* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's emissions have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies.

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