PERI: Toxic 100 Index

NRG Energy

Rank in Greenhouse 100: 17
2020 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 25,614,626
Percentage of national total 2020 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 1.0%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 0.4%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants
EJ: Poor Share: 9%
EJ: Minority Share: 62%

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This company is rank 99 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	10,513,727	41.05%		65.8%	5.2%
Limestone	JEWETT	TX	Power Plants	6,128,526	23.93%		30.3%	14.6%
Powerton	PEKIN	IL	Power Plants	1,179,182	4.60%		10.3%	12.8%
Sunrise Power Company	FELLOWS	CA	Power Plants	1,123,424	4.39%		47.3%	31.6%
Cedar Bayou	BAYTOWN	TX	Power Plants	1,106,807	4.32%		59.7%	15.4%
Waukegan	WAUKEGAN	IL	Power Plants	767,838	3.00%		56.8%	10.5%
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station	LA PORTE	TX	Power Plants	690,069	2.69%		63.3%	14.7%
Joliet 29	JOLIET	IL	Power Plants	621,088	2.42%		39.3%	8.3%
Arthur Kill	Staten Island	NY	Power Plants	547,912	2.14%		58.3%	11.4%
T H Wharton	HOUSTON	TX	Power Plants	519,702	2.03%		71.5%	14.5%
Will County	ROMEOVILLE	IL	Power Plants	395,136	1.54%		38.9%	6.7%
MIDWAY-SUNSET COGENERATION CO.	FELLOWS	CA	Power Plants	385,858	1.51%		38.2%	21.1%
Cedar Bayou 4	ELDON	TX	Power Plants	695,363	1.36%	50%	60.6%	15.8%
Gregory Power Facility	GREGORY	TX	Power Plants	240,924	0.94%		51.0%	13.6%
Middletown	MIDDLETOWN	CT	Power Plants	207,489	0.81%		20.5%	6.6%
El Segundo	EL SEGUNDO	CA	Power Plants	191,058	0.75%		72.2%	13.3%
SAGUARO POWER COMPANY	HENDERSON	NV	Power Plants	366,331	0.72%	50%	55.3%	13.3%
Indian River	DAGSBORO	DE	Power Plants	150,720	0.59%		19.9%	9.8%
Greens Bayou	HOUSTON	TX	Power Plants	90,126	0.35%		88.9%	22.9%
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility	Nipton	CA	Power Plants	80,346	0.31%		--	--
Oswego Harbor Power	OSWEGO	NY	Power Plants	56,231	0.22%		9.5%	16.2%
Long Beach Generating Station	LONG BEACH	CA	Power Plants	30,923	0.12%		74.8%	13.1%
Montville	UNCASVILLE	CT	Power Plants	27,148	0.11%		30.8%	9.4%
Astoria Gas Turbine Power	ASTORIA	NY	Power Plants	15,685	0.06%		71.1%	17.1%
Joliet 9	JOLIET	IL	Power Plants	13,862	0.05%		39.3%	8.3%

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.

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