Southern Company

Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 50
Surface Water releases 2022 (lbs): 52,255
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2022 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2022: 171,085,950
EJ: Near Poor Share: 31%
EJ: Minority Share: 26%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic 100 Air Polluters database.
This company is rank 2 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

Facilities displayed below: (display chemicals at facilities) (display chemicals)
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Facility Name	City	State	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share	Split *
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	8,151	0	111,345,022	65.08%	24.7%	36.1%	27.6%	1.5%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	8,905	0	35,417,089	20.70%	31.8%	33.3%	26.7%	2.8%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	15,291	0	22,630,379	13.23%	31.8%	23.3%	13.9%	6.3%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	12,907	0	1,628,326	0.95%	27.9%	30.7%	23.7%	3.3%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARROLLTON	GA	6,803	0	63,519	0.04%	38.4%	42.9%	32.7%	5.7%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL	MOSS POINT	MS	98	0	1,616	0.00%	40.4%	17.9%	13.3%	0.5%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	ATLANTA	GA	100	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2022, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

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

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