PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Southern Company

Rank among all TRI companies: 479
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 3,360,183
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 40,641
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%

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This company is rank 48 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 2 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

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Facility Name	City	State	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	Greenhouse emissions (CO2e mt)	Split *
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	798,016	0	4,490	11.05%	19.2%	43.9%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	ATLANTA	GA	560,030	0	56	0.14%	13.9%	60.9%
MCINTOSH ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	RINCON	GA	530,020	0	6	0.02%	12.2%	38.8%	26,858
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	398,497	0	18,229	44.85%	11.0%	38.3%	9,496,076
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARROLLTON	GA	362,908	0	907	2.23%	13.7%	38.4%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	323,918	0	11,032	27.14%	16.0%	45.0%	20,998,639
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL	MOSS POINT	MS	124,259	0	19	0.05%	18.9%	37.3%	6,172,185
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	103,225	0	4,659	11.46%	13.6%	35.0%	4,142,084
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP L.L.L.P.	ACKERMAN	MS	85,301	0	1,240	3.05%	25.4%	41.4%	3,226,487
SOUTHERN CO ROWAN COUNTY POWER PLANT	SALISBURY	NC	74,010	0	2	0.01%	12.7%	29.0%	1,753,881

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.

The Greenhouse CO2e column shows the CO2 equivalent pounds released by this facility if the facility also exists in the Greenhouse 100 Polluters database

* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's emissions have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies for their parent company data, although the full pounds and score are displayed here.

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