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Rank in Greenhouse 100: 3
2020 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 75,880,072
Percentage of national total 2020 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 2.9%
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: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 49%

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This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list.
This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 43 on the Toxic 100 Water list.

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James H Miller Jr Quinton AL Power Plants 17,232,898 22.71% 28.9% 12.7%
Bowen CARTERSVILLE GA Power Plants 7,949,466 10.48% 25.9% 12.1%
Jack McDonough SMYRNA GA Power Plants 6,887,675 9.08% 58.0% 13.7%
Barry BUCKS AL Power Plants 6,245,014 8.23% 35.2% 13.3%
Daniel Electric Generating Plant ESCATAWPA MS Power Plants 5,833,212 7.69% 39.5% 17.0%
Plant H. Allen Franklin SMITHS AL Power Plants 4,718,099 6.22% 28.2% 12.3%
E C Gaston WILSONVILLE AL Power Plants 3,504,194 4.62% 16.4% 13.1%
McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility RINCON GA Power Plants 3,278,243 4.32% 33.1% 8.5%
Wansley CC Franklin GA Power Plants 3,138,092 4.14% 19.0% 13.7%
Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman MS Power Plants 2,590,045 3.41% 26.7% 13.9%
Central Alabama Generating Station BILLINGSLEY AL Power Plants 2,172,161 2.86% 16.6% 22.8%
Plant Rowan County SALISBURY NC Power Plants 1,710,356 2.25% 35.1% 16.9%
David M Ratcliffe De Kalb MS Power Plants 1,708,182 2.25% 66.3% 29.5%
E B Harris Generating Plant AUTAUGAVILLE AL Power Plants 1,660,270 2.19% 32.1% 17.5%
Yates NEWNAN GA Power Plants 1,350,498 1.78% 34.0% 11.4%
Watson Electric Generating Plant GULFPORT MS Power Plants 1,289,354 1.70% 40.5% 18.5%
Theodore Cogeneration Theodore AL Power Plants 732,432 0.97% 42.1% 17.8%
Chevron Cogenerating Station PASCAGOULA MS Power Plants 726,496 0.96% 59.3% 22.3%
Greene County Forkland AL Power Plants 636,892 0.84% 64.1% 24.4%
Washington County Cogen (Olin) McIntosh AL Power Plants 450,892 0.59% 61.0% 15.2%
Dahlberg (Jackson County) NICHOLSON GA Power Plants 356,066 0.47% 38.7% 22.2%
Cleveland County Generating Facility Grover NC Power Plants 324,172 0.43% 23.9% 18.2%
Wansley (6052) FRANKLIN GA Power Plants 230,279 0.30% 18.3% 13.1%
Edward L Addison Generating Plant THOMASTON GA Power Plants 210,605 0.28% 29.1% 17.4%
Atlanta Gas Light Company Atlanta GA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 165,161 0.22% ** **
NICOR GAS NAPERVILLE IL Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 135,629 0.18% ** **
Southern Company Transmission and Distribution Atlanta GA Use of Electrical Equipment 67,910 0.09% ** **
Gadsden GADSDEN AL Power Plants 50,819 0.07% 26.2% 16.4%
Virginia Natural Gas Norfolk VA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 47,680 0.06% ** **
Transmission Pipeline Facility Southern Natural Gas Company L.L.C. Houston TX Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines 87,141 0.06% 50% 74.8% 20.8%
McIntosh (6124) RINCON GA Power Plants 43,423 0.06% 31.6% 9.4%
SNG Station 5222 Enterprise MS ENTERPRISE MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 79,695 0.05% 50% 29.8% 15.5%
Nicor Gas Ancona STREATOR IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 39,559 0.05% 13.5% 17.6%
Nicor Gas Troy Grove Mendota IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 29,723 0.04% 19.6% 11.4%
SNG Station 5211 Gwinville MS NEW HEBRON MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 53,135 0.04% 50% 42.4% 15.2%
SNG Station 4152 Tarrant AL Tarrant AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 50,708 0.03% 50% 56.7% 18.4%
SNG Station 5216 Bay Springs MS Bay Springs MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 41,957 0.03% 50% 47.0% 14.8%
SNG Station 5272 Thomaston GA Thomaston GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 39,124 0.03% 50% 48.4% 23.3%
Macon LNG Macon GA Other 18,660 0.02% 51.4% 23.4%
SNG Station 4310 Muldon Storage MS PRAIRIE MS Underground Natural Gas Storage 33,567 0.02% 50% 73.6% 25.3%
SNG Station 5259 Auburn AL Auburn AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 31,725 0.02% 50% 36.8% 24.4%
SNG Station 5010 White Castle LA WHITE CASTLE LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 31,232 0.02% 50% 49.0% 13.6%
SNG Station 5277 Ocmulgee GA MACON GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 30,285 0.02% 50% 60.8% 22.4%
SNG Station 4132 Louisville MS Louisville MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 23,474 0.02% 50% 57.6% 24.6%
SNG Station 5110 Toca LA ST. BERNARD LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 21,615 0.01% 50% 39.2% 20.0%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Other 10,445 0.01% 18.1% 6.6%
SNG Station 5230 York AL Ward AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 19,851 0.01% 50% 76.2% 26.9%
SNG Station 5245 Selma AL Selma AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 19,396 0.01% 50% 72.2% 32.4%
SNG Station 5122 Franklinton LA FRANKLINTON LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 19,324 0.01% 50% 34.0% 19.9%
SNG Station 5283 Hall Gate GA Milledgeville GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 18,948 0.01% 50% 49.8% 17.7%
SNG Station 5288 Wrens GA Wrens GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 18,009 0.01% 50% 46.1% 18.4%
Sweatt Electric Generating Plant MERIDIAN MS Power Plants 8,782 0.01% 59.2% 24.2%
SNG Station 5267 Ellerslie GA Ellerslie GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 17,184 0.01% 50% 44.1% 9.4%
Chattanoga Gas Company Chattanooga TN Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 7,708 0.01% ** **
SNG Station 5130 Pearl River MS Foxworth MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 1,019 0.00% 50% 29.9% 24.4%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 191 0.00% 18.1% 6.6%
Macon LNG Macon GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 97 0.00% 51.4% 23.4%

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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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