America’s Dirtiest Power Plants

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Table A-3. The Share of Each State’s Electricity-Sector Carbon Dioxide Pollution Contributed by the Top 5 Most-Polluting Power Plants
State Rank Plant Name Operator Name
Emissions
(Millon
Metric tons
of CO2)
Total
Emissions of
Top 5 Plants
(MMT of CO2)
Emissions
for Top 5 as
a Share of
Power-Sector
Total (2011)
Emissions for
Power-Sector
as a Share of
Statewide
Total (2010)
Estimated
Share of
Statewide
Emissions
Contributed by
Top 5±
CO 1 Craig Tri-State G & T Assn., Inc. 8.96 26.2 67% 41% 28%
2 Comanche Public Service Co. of Colorado 7.21
3 Cherokee* Public Service Co. of Colorado 4.01
4 Pawnee Public Service Co. of Colorado 3.05
5 Hayden Public Service Co. of Colorado 2.98
CT 1 Lake Road Generating Plant Lake Road Generating Co., L.P. 2.07 5.9 75% 21% 16%
2 Milford Power Project Milford Power Co., LLC 1.54
3 Bridgeport Energy Project Bridgeport Energy, LLC 1.08
4 Kleen Energy Systems Project Kleen Energy Systems, LLC 0.70
5 Bridgeport Station PSEG Power Connecticut, LLC 0.53
DC 1 Benning Potomac Power Resources 0.11 0.2 100% 6% 6%
2 US GSA Heating and Transmission US GSA Heating and Transmission 0.05
3 Buzzard Point Potomac Power Resources 0.01
DE 1 Hay Road Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC 1.70 3.9 99% 36% 36%
2 Indian River Generating Station* Indian River Operations Inc. 1.57
3 Edge Moor* Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC 0.37
4 Delaware City Plant Delaware City Refining Company, LLC 0.18
5 NRG Energy Center Dover NRG Energy Center Dover, LLC 0.11
FL 1 Crystal River* Progress Energy Florida Inc. 10.24 41.7 37% 49% 18%
2 Big Bend Tampa Electric Co. 9.18
3 West County Energy Center Florida Power & Light Co. 7.89
4 Seminole Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. 7.88
5 St. Johns River Power Park JEA 6.55
GA 1 Scherer Georgia Power Co. 21.32 52.1 76% 46% 34%
2 Bowen Georgia Power Co. 14.24
3 Wansley Georgia Power Co. 7.19
4 Harllee Branch* Georgia Power Co. 5.15
5 Yates* Georgia Power Co. 4.16
*Indicates that this power plant is scheduled for retirement. 113
± Obtained by multiplying Emissions for Top 5 as a Share of Power-Sector Total (2011) by Emissions for Power-Sector as a Share of Statewide Total (2010) U.S. EIA does not have state-by-state data for
power-sector emissions for 2011.
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