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Rank in Greenhouse 100: 3
2018 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 96,907,597
Percentage of national total 2018 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 3.2%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 1.5%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 45%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 12 on the Toxic 100 Water list.

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James H Miller Jr Quinton AL Power Plants 18,429,639 19.02% 25.9% 16.5%
Bowen CARTERSVILLE GA Power Plants 13,437,167 13.87% 24.1% 11.7%
Barry BUCKS AL Power Plants 7,327,726 7.56% 39.9% 19.7%
Jack McDonough SMYRNA GA Power Plants 6,187,321 6.38% 57.8% 15.8%
Daniel Electric Generating Plant ESCATAWPA MS Power Plants 5,838,229 6.02% 36.6% 17.7%
Gorgas PARRISH AL Power Plants 5,691,756 5.87% 15.0% 17.5%
E C Gaston WILSONVILLE AL Power Plants 5,183,819 5.35% 16.9% 15.7%
Plant H. Allen Franklin SMITHS AL Power Plants 4,557,933 4.70% 26.5% 11.9%
Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman MS Power Plants 3,512,937 3.63% 24.9% 19.3%
McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility RINCON GA Power Plants 3,416,980 3.53% 34.7% 13.2%
Wansley CC Franklin GA Power Plants 3,223,653 3.33% 16.6% 14.8%
Crist Electric Generating Plant PENSACOLA FL Power Plants 3,161,769 3.26% 33.1% 12.9%
Wansley (6052) FRANKLIN GA Power Plants 3,028,411 3.13% 17.9% 15.8%
E B Harris Generating Plant AUTAUGAVILLE AL Power Plants 2,199,764 2.27% 30.5% 18.1%
Plant Rowan County SALISBURY NC Power Plants 1,857,185 1.92% 36.1% 18.7%
Lansing Smith Generating Plant SOUTHPORT FL Power Plants 1,511,857 1.56% 23.1% 15.0%
David M Ratcliffe De Kalb MS Power Plants 1,439,408 1.49% 74.1% 33.9%
Watson Electric Generating Plant GULFPORT MS Power Plants 832,922 0.86% 39.8% 20.1%
Chevron Cogenerating Station PASCAGOULA MS Power Plants 788,201 0.81% 54.8% 22.7%
Yates NEWNAN GA Power Plants 716,167 0.74% 31.3% 15.5%
Greene County Forkland AL Power Plants 701,169 0.72% 65.7% 20.8%
Theodore Cogeneration Theodore AL Power Plants 669,286 0.69% 42.1% 18.2%
Washington County Cogen (Olin) McIntosh AL Power Plants 498,653 0.51% 57.1% 28.3%
Cleveland County Generating Facility Grover NC Power Plants 435,044 0.45% 24.6% 19.7%
Dahlberg (Jackson County) NICHOLSON GA Power Plants 291,294 0.30% 39.3% 25.9%
Hammond ROME GA Power Plants 250,355 0.26% 37.5% 21.5%
Mankato Energy Center MANKATO MN Power Plants 220,704 0.23% 12.4% 16.5%
Edward L Addison Generating Plant THOMASTON GA Power Plants 212,896 0.22% 29.8% 20.4%
Gadsden GADSDEN AL Power Plants 180,550 0.19% 25.2% 17.3%
Atlanta Gas Light Company Atlanta GA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 156,543 0.16% ** **
NICOR GAS NAPERVILLE IL Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 136,048 0.14% ** **
Southern Company Transmission and Distribution Atlanta GA Use of Electrical Equipment 88,681 0.09% ** **
PEA RIDGE PACE FL Power Plants 77,704 0.08% 26.3% 12.8%
McIntosh (6124) RINCON GA Power Plants 71,048 0.07% 34.7% 13.2%
Virginia Natural Gas Norfolk VA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 48,675 0.05% ** **
SNG Station 5222 Enterprise MS ENTERPRISE MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 89,932 0.05% 50% 34.2% 16.6%
Nicor Gas Ancona STREATOR IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 41,727 0.04% 12.7% 16.5%
Nicor Gas Troy Grove Mendota IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 34,057 0.04% 18.6% 13.0%
Macon LNG Macon GA Other 31,029 0.03% 51.9% 24.0%
SNG Station 5216 Bay Springs MS Bay Springs MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 61,631 0.03% 50% 45.1% 17.3%
SNG Station 5211 Gwinville MS NEW HEBRON MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 58,876 0.03% 50% 50.4% 26.4%
SNG Station 4020 Bear Creek Storage LA Natchitoches LA Underground Natural Gas Storage 48,239 0.02% 50% 56.4% 36.8%
SNG Station 5259 Auburn AL Auburn AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 47,019 0.02% 50% 37.1% 28.0%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Other 23,253 0.02% 15.9% 8.0%
SNG Station 5272 Thomaston GA Thomaston GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 42,307 0.02% 50% 45.2% 22.6%
SNG Station 5245 Selma AL Selma AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 35,520 0.02% 50% 72.6% 32.1%
SNG Station 5010 White Castle LA WHITE CASTLE LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 35,142 0.02% 50% 43.8% 11.9%
SNG Station 4132 Louisville MS Louisville MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 34,580 0.02% 50% 57.0% 23.7%
SNG Station 5230 York AL Ward AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 31,960 0.02% 50% 82.4% 23.9%
SNG Station 5277 Ocmulgee GA MACON GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 30,248 0.02% 50% 57.7% 22.5%
SNG Station 5122 Franklinton LA FRANKLINTON LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 28,355 0.01% 50% 34.0% 19.1%
SNG Station 4310 Muldon Storage MS PRAIRIE MS Underground Natural Gas Storage 28,167 0.01% 50% 70.9% 24.5%
SNG Station 5110 Toca LA ST. BERNARD LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 28,031 0.01% 50% 42.8% 17.4%
SNG Station 5130 Pearl River MS Foxworth MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 25,476 0.01% 50% 30.4% 24.4%
SNG Station 5283 Hall Gate GA Milledgeville GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 24,408 0.01% 50% 46.5% 20.4%
SNG Station 5288 Wrens GA Wrens GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 22,071 0.01% 50% 47.3% 22.9%
SNG Station 5267 Ellerslie GA Ellerslie GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 19,981 0.01% 50% 42.3% 10.5%
SNG Station 4152 Tarrant AL Tarrant AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 19,043 0.01% 50% 56.9% 20.5%
SNG Station 4140 Reform AL Reform AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 16,659 0.01% 50% 31.2% 18.9%
SNG Station 4165 DeArmanville AL Anniston AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 16,284 0.01% 50% 36.5% 18.4%
Chattanoga Gas Company Chattanooga TN Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 7,967 0.01% ** **
SNG Station 5000 Shadyside LA Franklin LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 13,479 0.01% 50% 45.1% 18.9%
Sweatt Electric Generating Plant MERIDIAN MS Power Plants 4,882 0.01% 58.0% 23.9%
Transmission Pipeline Facility Southern Natural Gas Company L.L.C. Houston TX Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines 8,612 0.00% 50% 74.9% 21.4%
Macon LNG Macon GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 142 0.00% 51.9% 24.0%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 35 0.00% 15.9% 8.0%
Scholz Electric Generating Plant SNEADS FL Power Plants 1 0.00% 39.0% 20.8%

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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.

** This facility's emissions are nonlocal -- released in a widespread area. So it is not meaningful to look at the characteristics of the population living within 10 miles of the facility address for copollutant effects.

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