PERI: Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index

Southern Company

Rank in Greenhouse 100 Polluters: 2
2023 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 76,333,265
Percentage of national total 2023 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 3.0%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 1.2%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
EJ: Poor Share: 13%
EJ: Minority Share: 49%

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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 50 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.

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Sub-Sector	CO2 equivalent emissions (mt)	Percent of total company emissions
Power Plants	75,477,415	98.88%
Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies	377,188	0.49%
Natural Gas Transmission/Compression	298,594	0.39%
Underground Natural Gas Storage	60,236	0.08%
Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines	57,559	0.08%
Other	33,600	0.04%
Use of Electrical Equipment	26,720	0.04%
Liquefied Natural Gas Storage	1,952	0.00%

For more information on the data, see the technical notes.