PERI: Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index

Southern Company

Rank in Greenhouse 100 Polluters: 2
2021 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 82,113,848
Percentage of national total 2021 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 is rank 27 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.
This company has information in PERI's Toxic 100 Air Polluters database.
This company is rank 48 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters 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 %
James H Miller Jr	Quinton	AL	Power Plants	20,998,639	25.57%		26.7%	16.7%
Bowen	CARTERSVILLE	GA	Power Plants	9,496,076	11.56%		23.8%	12.6%
Barry	BUCKS	AL	Power Plants	6,916,075	8.42%		38.4%	19.2%
Jack McDonough	SMYRNA	GA	Power Plants	6,596,541	8.03%		57.9%	14.8%
Daniel Electric Generating Plant	ESCATAWPA	MS	Power Plants	6,172,185	7.52%		36.9%	16.7%
Plant H. Allen Franklin	SMITHS	AL	Power Plants	4,242,122	5.17%		25.9%	10.8%
E C Gaston	WILSONVILLE	AL	Power Plants	4,142,084	5.04%		18.0%	13.8%
McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility	RINCON	GA	Power Plants	3,265,044	3.98%		33.7%	11.8%
Red Hills Generation Facility	Ackerman	MS	Power Plants	3,226,487	3.93%		23.5%	17.5%
Wansley CC	Franklin	GA	Power Plants	2,883,878	3.51%		19.2%	13.1%
E B Harris Generating Plant	AUTAUGAVILLE	AL	Power Plants	1,776,116	2.16%		30.3%	18.4%
Plant Rowan County	SALISBURY	NC	Power Plants	1,753,881	2.14%		35.9%	17.6%
Central Alabama Generating Station	BILLINGSLEY	AL	Power Plants	1,736,579	2.11%		18.4%	19.4%
David M Ratcliffe	De Kalb	MS	Power Plants	1,513,360	1.84%		72.0%	33.0%
Wansley (6052)	FRANKLIN	GA	Power Plants	1,224,917	1.49%		20.0%	14.1%
Watson Electric Generating Plant	GULFPORT	MS	Power Plants	1,214,582	1.48%		39.8%	20.2%
Yates	NEWNAN	GA	Power Plants	810,960	0.99%		33.5%	14.9%
Chevron Cogenerating Station	PASCAGOULA	MS	Power Plants	785,156	0.96%		54.3%	21.4%
Theodore Cogeneration	Theodore	AL	Power Plants	663,542	0.81%		43.7%	18.6%
Cleveland County Generating Facility	Grover	NC	Power Plants	502,700	0.61%		25.4%	19.8%
Washington County Cogen (Olin)	McIntosh	AL	Power Plants	479,852	0.58%		58.6%	25.8%
Greene County	Forkland	AL	Power Plants	463,927	0.56%		65.6%	23.1%
Atlanta Gas Light Company	Atlanta	GA	Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies	200,093	0.24%		**	**
Edward L Addison Generating Plant	THOMASTON	GA	Power Plants	161,562	0.20%		29.6%	18.7%
NICOR GAS	NAPERVILLE	IL	Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies	143,047	0.17%		**	**
Dahlberg (Jackson County)	NICHOLSON	GA	Power Plants	129,892	0.16%		39.6%	24.8%
Southern Company Transmission and Distribution	Atlanta	GA	Use of Electrical Equipment	88,551	0.11%		**	**
Virginia Natural Gas	Norfolk	VA	Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies	50,814	0.06%		**	**
SNG Station 4310 Muldon Storage, MS	PRAIRIE	MS	Underground Natural Gas Storage	82,919	0.05%	50%	69.8%	25.0%
SNG Station 5222 Enterprise, MS	ENTERPRISE	MS	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	82,898	0.05%	50%	33.7%	18.2%
Nicor Gas Ancona	STREATOR	IL	Underground Natural Gas Storage	39,517	0.05%		11.2%	16.9%
Calhoun Power Company, LLC	EASTABOGA	AL	Power Plants	33,113	0.04%		38.5%	18.3%
SNG Station 5211 Gwinville, MS	NEW HEBRON	MS	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	59,753	0.04%	50%	47.6%	22.8%
Nicor Gas Troy Grove	Mendota	IL	Underground Natural Gas Storage	27,671	0.03%		19.7%	12.7%
McIntosh (6124)	RINCON	GA	Power Plants	26,858	0.03%		33.7%	11.8%
Cherokee LNG	Ballground	GA	Other	18,777	0.02%		16.9%	7.4%
Macon LNG	Macon	GA	Other	18,190	0.02%		52.4%	23.7%
Transmission Pipeline Facility, Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C.	Houston	TX	Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines	33,008	0.02%	50%	74.8%	21.0%
SNG Station 5216 Bay Springs, MS	Bay Springs	MS	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	31,124	0.02%	50%	46.5%	20.5%
SNG Station 5010 White Castle, LA	WHITE CASTLE	LA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	29,780	0.02%	50%	43.2%	11.8%
SNG Station 4132 Louisville, MS	Louisville	MS	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	29,539	0.02%	50%	57.2%	22.5%
SNG Station 5277 Ocmulgee, GA	MACON	GA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	28,975	0.02%	50%	58.9%	21.9%
SNG Station 5259 Auburn, AL	Auburn	AL	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	24,900	0.02%	50%	37.2%	25.7%
SNG Station 5110 Toca, LA	ST. BERNARD	LA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	24,487	0.01%	50%	43.0%	18.1%
SNG Station 5288 Wrens, GA	Wrens	GA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	22,873	0.01%	50%	46.2%	24.1%
SNG Station 5272 Thomaston, GA	Thomaston	GA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	21,189	0.01%	50%	47.6%	22.3%
SNG Station 4152 Tarrant, AL	Tarrant	AL	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	20,294	0.01%	50%	56.9%	19.2%
Chattanoga Gas Company	Chattanooga	TN	Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies	9,300	0.01%		**	**
SNG Station 5245 Selma, AL	Selma	AL	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	17,975	0.01%	50%	73.1%	30.2%
SNG Station 5283 Hall Gate, GA	Milledgeville	GA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	17,868	0.01%	50%	49.8%	16.6%
SNG Station 5230 York, AL	Ward	AL	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	17,524	0.01%	50%	79.3%	32.4%
SNG Station 5122 Franklinton, LA	FRANKLINTON	LA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	17,479	0.01%	50%	33.5%	18.4%
Gadsden	GADSDEN	AL	Power Plants	8,506	0.01%		25.5%	17.4%
SNG Station 5267 Ellerslie, GA	Ellerslie	GA	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	15,980	0.01%	50%	44.4%	10.4%
Sweatt Electric Generating Plant	MERIDIAN	MS	Power Plants	2,472	0.00%		59.0%	22.9%
SNG Station 5130 Pearl River, MS	Foxworth	MS	Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	1,903	0.00%	50%	28.3%	22.6%
Macon LNG	Macon	GA	Liquefied Natural Gas Storage	321	0.00%		52.4%	23.7%
Cherokee LNG	Ballground	GA	Liquefied Natural Gas Storage	225	0.00%		16.9%	7.4%

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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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