PERI: Toxic 100 Index

NRG Energy

Rank in Greenhouse 100: 11
2019 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 36,806,514
Percentage of national total 2019 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 1.3%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 0.6%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants, Other
EJ: Poor Share: 9%
EJ: Minority Share: 59%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 91 on the Toxic 100 Water list.

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Facility Name	City	State	CO2 equivalent emissions (mt)	Percent of total company emissions	Split *	EJ Minority %	EJ Poor %	Toxic Air score
W A Parish	THOMPSONS	TX	12,862,472	34.95%		63.8%	5.2%	21,393
Limestone	JEWETT	TX	9,027,825	24.53%		22.6%	15.0%	339
Big Cajun 2	NEW ROADS	LA	2,927,335	7.95%		36.6%	17.0%	14
Powerton	PEKIN	IL	2,887,462	7.84%		10.1%	13.0%	18
Waukegan	WAUKEGAN	IL	1,402,259	3.81%		55.9%	11.6%	23
Cedar Bayou	BAYTOWN	TX	1,247,075	3.39%		58.9%	13.8%
Will County	ROMEOVILLE	IL	883,919	2.40%		38.1%	6.9%	106
Sunrise Power Company	FELLOWS	CA	824,181	2.24%		46.8%	32.7%
Joliet 29	JOLIET	IL	813,765	2.21%		39.2%	8.2%
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station	LA PORTE	TX	766,886	2.08%		62.4%	14.1%
T H Wharton	HOUSTON	TX	583,564	1.59%		70.0%	15.1%
Arthur Kill	Staten Island	NY	560,342	1.52%		57.8%	11.9%
MIDWAY-SUNSET COGENERATION CO.	FELLOWS	CA	512,887	1.39%		18.4%	22.8%
Cedar Bayou 4	ELDON	TX	506,863	0.69%	50%	59.3%	13.9%
El Segundo	EL SEGUNDO	CA	250,053	0.68%		71.7%	14.2%
Gregory Power Facility	GREGORY	TX	189,458	0.51%		50.8%	10.6%
SAGUARO POWER COMPANY	HENDERSON	NV	361,692	0.49%	50%	53.8%	13.8%
Indian River	DAGSBORO	DE	164,799	0.45%		20.6%	9.7%	2
Greens Bayou	HOUSTON	TX	131,681	0.36%		88.4%	22.8%
Middletown	MIDDLETOWN	CT	125,382	0.34%		19.9%	6.5%	4
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility	Nipton	CA	71,148	0.19%		--	--
Energy Center Omaha LLC	OMAHA	NE	54,029	0.15%		32.6%	13.3%
Oswego Harbor Power	OSWEGO	NY	33,913	0.09%		9.9%	17.0%
Montville	UNCASVILLE	CT	17,513	0.05%		30.4%	10.0%
Astoria Gas Turbine Power	ASTORIA	NY	13,801	0.04%		71.0%	17.8%
Long Beach Generating Station	LONG BEACH	CA	13,137	0.04%		74.3%	13.7%
Joliet 9	JOLIET	IL	6,749	0.02%		39.2%	8.2%
NRG Dunkirk Power	DUNKIRK	NY	545	0.00%		22.0%	18.4%
Cabrillo Power I Encina Power Station	CARLSBAD	CA	58	0.00%		45.7%	9.4%

For more information on the data, see the technical notes.

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

The Toxic Air score column shows the facility's total chronic human health air toxicity score if the facility also exists in the Toxic 100 Air database.

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