Southern Company
Rank in Greenhouse 100: 3
2019 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 86,244,286
Percentage of national total 2019 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 3.0%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including
transportation and residential: 1.3%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 48%
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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database .
This company is rank 39 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
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Power Plants
85,370,922
84,965,202
151,968
253,752
0
0
98.99%
Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies
350,788
10,916
339,871
1
0
0
0.41%
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
303,480
242,109
61,236
136
0
0
0.35%
Underground Natural Gas Storage
132,303
109,054
23,189
61
0
0
0.15%
Use of Electrical Equipment
37,998
0
0
0
0
37,998
0.04%
Other
25,319
25,293
12
14
0
0
0.03%
Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
23,401
27
23,374
0
0
0
0.03%
Liquefied Natural Gas Storage
74
0
74
0
0
0
0.00%
For more information on the data, see the technical notes .
*** Biogenic CO2 has not been included within the emissions totals anywhere else in this application.
**** "Other emissions" include HFCs, NF3, PFC, SF6, and other fluorinated gases.
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