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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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 16,558,381 21.69% 31.1% 14.6%
Bowen CARTERSVILLE GA Power Plants 10,223,193 13.39% 25.8% 9.1%
Jack McDonough SMYRNA GA Power Plants 6,468,269 8.47% 58.8% 12.9%
Plant H. Allen Franklin SMITHS AL Power Plants 5,078,422 6.65% 29.4% 11.0%
Daniel Electric Generating Plant ESCATAWPA MS Power Plants 5,076,458 6.65% 40.3% 16.5%
Barry BUCKS AL Power Plants 5,007,385 6.56% 29.1% 12.1%
McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility RINCON GA Power Plants 3,478,992 4.56% 36.7% 9.0%
Wansley CC Franklin GA Power Plants 3,388,644 4.44% 20.3% 11.9%
Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman MS Power Plants 3,159,040 4.14% 25.5% 14.3%
E C Gaston WILSONVILLE AL Power Plants 2,996,030 3.92% 18.5% 14.7%
E B Harris Generating Plant AUTAUGAVILLE AL Power Plants 2,420,045 3.17% 30.2% 13.2%
Central Alabama Generating Station BILLINGSLEY AL Power Plants 1,918,313 2.51% 18.2% 23.8%
Watson Electric Generating Plant GULFPORT MS Power Plants 1,839,378 2.41% 41.3% 19.4%
Plant Rowan County SALISBURY NC Power Plants 1,676,213 2.20% 38.0% 17.7%
David M Ratcliffe De Kalb MS Power Plants 1,401,440 1.84% 69.5% 27.9%
Yates NEWNAN GA Power Plants 1,306,893 1.71% 34.4% 11.9%
Greene County Forkland AL Power Plants 801,002 1.05% 64.3% 24.9%
Chevron Cogenerating Station PASCAGOULA MS Power Plants 792,226 1.04% 59.2% 23.5%
Theodore Cogeneration Theodore AL Power Plants 748,924 0.98% 44.1% 19.0%
Washington County Cogen (Olin) McIntosh AL Power Plants 442,378 0.58% 58.8% 18.3%
Cleveland County Generating Facility Grover NC Power Plants 356,229 0.47% 24.7% 18.6%
Atlanta Gas Light Company Atlanta GA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 177,828 0.23% ** **
Dahlberg (Jackson County) NICHOLSON GA Power Plants 170,710 0.22% 39.2% 22.4%
NICOR GAS NAPERVILLE IL Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 142,878 0.19% ** **
Edward L Addison Generating Plant THOMASTON GA Power Plants 122,188 0.16% 29.7% 18.9%
Transmission Pipeline Facility, Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. Houston TX Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines 115,118 0.08% 50% 75.2% 19.8%
Virginia Natural Gas Norfolk VA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 48,573 0.06% ** **
SNG Station 5222 Enterprise, MS ENTERPRISE MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 92,963 0.06% 50% 29.4% 18.5%
SNG Station 5216 Bay Springs, MS Bay Springs MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 65,477 0.04% 50% 43.5% 13.7%
SNG Station 5277 Ocmulgee, GA MACON GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 62,352 0.04% 50% 62.2% 22.6%
SNG Station 5211 Gwinville, MS NEW HEBRON MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 61,719 0.04% 50% 53.9% 19.2%
Nicor Gas Ancona STREATOR IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 30,256 0.04% 16.8% 18.0%
Calhoun Generating Facility EASTABOGA AL Power Plants 26,958 0.04% 34.8% 19.9%
Southern Company Transmission and Distribution Atlanta GA Use of Electrical Equipment 26,720 0.04% ** **
SNG Station 5010 White Castle, LA WHITE CASTLE LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 40,290 0.03% 50% 47.5% 14.1%
SNG Station 5230 York, AL Ward AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 38,671 0.03% 50% 70.8% 26.1%
McIntosh (6124) RINCON GA Power Plants 19,304 0.03% 34.5% 9.3%
SNG Station 5259 Auburn, AL Auburn AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 37,774 0.02% 50% 36.4% 22.7%
Nicor Gas Troy Grove Mendota IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 18,300 0.02% 20.3% 10.8%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Other 17,492 0.02% 20.5% 6.4%
SNG Station 5272 Thomaston, GA Thomaston GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 33,001 0.02% 50% 46.2% 25.9%
Macon LNG Macon GA Other 16,108 0.02% 55.3% 24.6%
SNG Station 5283 Hall Gate, GA Milledgeville GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 31,743 0.02% 50% 50.4% 16.9%
SNG Station 5122 Franklinton, LA FRANKLINTON LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 28,603 0.02% 50% 32.7% 20.1%
SNG Station 4310 Muldon Storage, MS PRAIRIE MS Underground Natural Gas Storage 23,359 0.02% 50% 73.6% 29.4%
SNG Station 5110 Toca, LA ST. BERNARD LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 22,923 0.02% 50% 41.9% 20.1%
SNG Station 5245 Selma, AL Selma AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 22,743 0.01% 50% 70.9% 29.3%
SNG Station 4132 Louisville, MS Louisville MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 17,882 0.01% 50% 57.0% 29.1%
SNG Station 4152 Tarrant, AL Tarrant AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 17,574 0.01% 50% 56.2% 18.4%
Chattanoga Gas Company Chattanooga TN Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 7,909 0.01% ** **
SNG Station 4165 DeArmanville, AL Anniston AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 12,221 0.01% 50% 36.7% 17.3%
SNG Station 5236 Gallion, AL Gallion AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 11,252 0.01% 50% 62.8% 22.3%
Macon LNG Macon GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 1,352 0.00% 55.3% 24.6%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 600 0.00% 20.5% 6.4%
Sweatt Electric Generating Plant MERIDIAN MS Power Plants 400 0.00% 59.4% 28.4%
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.
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