Southern Company
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 .
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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
17,097,799
49,417
85,681
0
0
22.71%
28.9%
24.8%
0.7%
12.7%
29.0%
Bowen
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Power Plants
7,949,466
7,885,909
23,243
40,315
0
0
10.48%
25.9%
11.8%
9.5%
12.1%
31.0%
Jack McDonough
SMYRNA
GA
Power Plants
6,887,675
6,880,682
3,190
3,803
0
0
9.08%
58.0%
39.2%
11.0%
13.7%
29.2%
Barry
BUCKS
AL
Power Plants
6,245,014
6,217,604
10,323
17,087
0
0
8.23%
35.2%
22.3%
0.2%
13.3%
31.4%
Daniel Electric Generating Plant
ESCATAWPA
MS
Power Plants
5,833,212
5,808,050
9,487
15,676
0
0
7.69%
39.5%
32.0%
3.4%
17.0%
36.4%
Plant H. Allen Franklin
SMITHS
AL
Power Plants
4,718,099
4,713,308
2,186
2,605
0
0
6.22%
28.2%
17.2%
4.7%
12.3%
29.6%
E C Gaston
WILSONVILLE
AL
Power Plants
3,504,194
3,481,849
8,250
14,094
0
0
4.62%
16.4%
12.8%
1.7%
13.1%
31.4%
McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility
RINCON
GA
Power Plants
3,278,243
3,274,915
1,519
1,810
0
0
4.32%
33.1%
18.0%
10.6%
8.5%
24.1%
Wansley CC
Franklin
GA
Power Plants
3,138,092
3,134,905
1,454
1,733
0
0
4.14%
19.0%
11.7%
3.9%
13.7%
27.1%
Red Hills Generation Facility
Ackerman
MS
Power Plants
2,590,045
2,570,499
7,150
12,396
0
0
3.41%
26.7%
25.7%
0.3%
13.9%
36.7%
Central Alabama Generating Station
BILLINGSLEY
AL
Power Plants
2,172,161
2,169,955
1,006
1,199
0
0
2.86%
16.6%
12.9%
1.7%
22.8%
41.9%
Plant Rowan County
SALISBURY
NC
Power Plants
1,710,356
1,708,618
792
945
0
0
2.25%
35.1%
21.5%
10.9%
16.9%
36.6%
David M Ratcliffe
De Kalb
MS
Power Plants
1,708,182
1,706,448
791
943
0
0
2.25%
66.3%
65.4%
0.6%
29.5%
50.2%
E B Harris Generating Plant
AUTAUGAVILLE
AL
Power Plants
1,660,270
1,658,585
769
917
0
0
2.19%
32.1%
26.2%
2.8%
17.5%
33.9%
Yates
NEWNAN
GA
Power Plants
1,350,498
1,349,127
626
746
0
0
1.78%
34.0%
21.4%
7.2%
11.4%
28.4%
Watson Electric Generating Plant
GULFPORT
MS
Power Plants
1,289,354
1,288,045
597
712
0
0
1.70%
40.5%
27.9%
5.8%
18.5%
40.7%
Theodore Cogeneration
Theodore
AL
Power Plants
732,432
731,687
340
405
0
0
0.97%
42.1%
31.8%
4.1%
17.8%
38.9%
Chevron Cogenerating Station
PASCAGOULA
MS
Power Plants
726,496
725,601
378
517
0
0
0.96%
59.3%
45.7%
10.1%
22.3%
41.2%
Greene County
Forkland
AL
Power Plants
636,892
636,250
293
349
0
0
0.84%
64.1%
58.4%
4.5%
24.4%
51.3%
Washington County Cogen (Olin)
McIntosh
AL
Power Plants
450,892
450,439
206
246
0
0
0.59%
61.0%
41.7%
0.3%
15.2%
37.7%
Dahlberg (Jackson County)
NICHOLSON
GA
Power Plants
356,066
355,710
162
193
0
0
0.47%
38.7%
23.0%
9.9%
22.2%
42.0%
Cleveland County Generating Facility
Grover
NC
Power Plants
324,172
323,841
150
181
0
0
0.43%
23.9%
16.4%
4.5%
18.2%
42.4%
Wansley (6052)
FRANKLIN
GA
Power Plants
230,279
228,461
664
1,154
0
0
0.30%
18.3%
11.3%
3.5%
13.1%
28.1%
Edward L Addison Generating Plant
THOMASTON
GA
Power Plants
210,605
210,390
98
117
0
0
0.28%
29.1%
24.1%
2.4%
17.4%
39.3%
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Atlanta
GA
Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies
165,161
7,997
157,164
0
0
0
0.22%
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**
**
**
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NICOR GAS
NAPERVILLE
IL
Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies
135,629
10,591
125,038
0
0
0
0.18%
**
**
**
**
**
Southern Company Transmission and Distribution
Atlanta
GA
Use of Electrical Equipment
67,910
0
0
0
0
67,910
0.09%
**
**
**
**
**
Gadsden
GADSDEN
AL
Power Plants
50,819
50,767
24
28
0
0
0.07%
26.2%
19.5%
4.6%
16.4%
36.6%
Virginia Natural Gas
Norfolk
VA
Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies
47,680
1,403
46,278
0
0
0
0.06%
**
**
**
**
**
Transmission Pipeline Facility Southern Natural Gas Company L.L.C.
Houston
TX
Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
87,141
100
87,041
0
0
0
0.06%
50%
74.8%
20.8%
46.8%
20.8%
41.6%
McIntosh (6124)
RINCON
GA
Power Plants
43,423
43,377
21
26
0
0
0.06%
31.6%
15.8%
12.0%
9.4%
26.2%
SNG Station 5222 Enterprise MS
ENTERPRISE
MS
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
79,695
67,374
12,283
38
0
0
0.05%
50%
29.8%
29.4%
0.1%
15.5%
36.7%
Nicor Gas Ancona
STREATOR
IL
Underground Natural Gas Storage
39,559
27,189
12,355
15
0
0
0.05%
13.5%
2.6%
8.0%
17.6%
34.7%
Nicor Gas Troy Grove
Mendota
IL
Underground Natural Gas Storage
29,723
25,228
4,481
14
0
0
0.04%
19.6%
1.0%
15.8%
11.4%
28.3%
SNG Station 5211 Gwinville MS
NEW HEBRON
MS
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
53,135
47,253
5,856
27
0
0
0.04%
50%
42.4%
40.6%
0.2%
15.2%
48.0%
SNG Station 4152 Tarrant AL
Tarrant
AL
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
50,708
47,521
3,161
27
0
0
0.03%
50%
56.7%
49.1%
4.4%
18.4%
37.0%
SNG Station 5216 Bay Springs MS
Bay Springs
MS
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
41,957
39,905
2,030
22
0
0
0.03%
50%
47.0%
45.8%
0.8%
14.8%
40.3%
SNG Station 5272 Thomaston GA
Thomaston
GA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
39,124
33,095
6,011
18
0
0
0.03%
50%
48.4%
43.3%
3.8%
23.3%
47.6%
Macon LNG
Macon
GA
Other
18,660
18,641
9
10
0
0
0.02%
51.4%
46.0%
2.2%
23.4%
41.8%
SNG Station 4310 Muldon Storage MS
PRAIRIE
MS
Underground Natural Gas Storage
33,567
28,751
4,800
16
0
0
0.02%
50%
73.6%
72.9%
0.3%
25.3%
50.5%
SNG Station 5259 Auburn AL
Auburn
AL
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
31,725
29,317
2,391
16
0
0
0.02%
50%
36.8%
24.5%
4.0%
24.4%
40.3%
SNG Station 5010 White Castle LA
WHITE CASTLE
LA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
31,232
24,276
6,942
14
0
0
0.02%
50%
49.0%
42.3%
4.7%
13.6%
25.7%
SNG Station 5277 Ocmulgee GA
MACON
GA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
30,285
24,137
6,135
13
0
0
0.02%
50%
60.8%
53.0%
3.1%
22.4%
39.7%
SNG Station 4132 Louisville MS
Louisville
MS
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
23,474
17,709
5,756
10
0
0
0.02%
50%
57.6%
54.4%
1.8%
24.6%
44.6%
SNG Station 5110 Toca LA
ST. BERNARD
LA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
21,615
18,528
3,077
10
0
0
0.01%
50%
39.2%
26.6%
8.3%
20.0%
40.8%
Cherokee LNG
Ballground
GA
Other
10,445
10,434
5
6
0
0
0.01%
18.1%
3.5%
9.4%
6.6%
18.1%
SNG Station 5230 York AL
Ward
AL
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
19,851
17,892
1,949
10
0
0
0.01%
50%
76.2%
74.6%
0.0%
26.9%
53.8%
SNG Station 5245 Selma AL
Selma
AL
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
19,396
17,682
1,704
10
0
0
0.01%
50%
72.2%
70.6%
0.2%
32.4%
53.7%
SNG Station 5122 Franklinton LA
FRANKLINTON
LA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
19,324
14,282
5,034
8
0
0
0.01%
50%
34.0%
28.7%
4.4%
19.9%
46.2%
SNG Station 5283 Hall Gate GA
Milledgeville
GA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
18,948
12,306
6,635
7
0
0
0.01%
50%
49.8%
45.8%
1.8%
17.7%
37.3%
SNG Station 5288 Wrens GA
Wrens
GA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
18,009
12,835
5,168
7
0
0
0.01%
50%
46.1%
40.5%
4.1%
18.4%
44.2%
Sweatt Electric Generating Plant
MERIDIAN
MS
Power Plants
8,782
8,773
4
5
0
0
0.01%
59.2%
55.0%
2.5%
24.2%
48.6%
SNG Station 5267 Ellerslie GA
Ellerslie
GA
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
17,184
8,394
8,786
5
0
0
0.01%
50%
44.1%
28.4%
8.7%
9.4%
26.1%
Chattanoga Gas Company
Chattanooga
TN
Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies
7,708
9
7,699
0
0
0
0.01%
**
**
**
**
**
SNG Station 5130 Pearl River MS
Foxworth
MS
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression
1,019
346
673
0
0
0
0.00%
50%
29.9%
28.0%
0.8%
24.4%
50.0%
Cherokee LNG
Ballground
GA
Liquefied Natural Gas Storage
191
0
191
0
0
0
0.00%
18.1%
3.5%
9.4%
6.6%
18.1%
Macon LNG
Macon
GA
Liquefied Natural Gas Storage
97
0
97
0
0
0
0.00%
51.4%
46.0%
2.2%
23.4%
41.8%
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.
** 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.
*** 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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