PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Southern Company

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 43
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 60,233
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 290,072,401
EJ: Near Poor Share: 35%
EJ: Minority Share: 30%

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This company is rank 3 on the Greenhouse 100 list.
This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list.

Chemicals at facilities displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals)
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Facility Name	City	State	Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard	Split *
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Arsenic compounds	84	0	126,000,000	43.44%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi	1,200	0	108,000,000	37.23%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom	12,000	0	18,000,000	6.21%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Arsenic compounds	11	0	16,500,000	5.69%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi	150	0	13,500,000	4.65%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom	2,822	0	4,233,000	1.46%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom	1,200	0	1,800,000	0.62%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi	8	0	720,000	0.25%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Lead compounds	25	0	457,200	0.16%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom	280	0	420,000	0.14%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Selenium compounds	690	0	138,000	0.05%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	Nickel compounds	1,500	0	136,500	0.05%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Nickel compounds	471	0	42,861	0.01%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	6,500	0	32,500	0.01%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Mercury compounds	3	0	26,000	0.01%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Nickel compounds	160	0	14,560	0.01%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	2,850	0	14,250	0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	2,200	0	11,000	0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	Manganese compounds	720	0	5,112	0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Manganese compounds	670	0	4,757	0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Manganese compounds	650	0	4,615	0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Zinc compounds	1,012	0	3,340	0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Manganese compounds	232	0	1,647	0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	Zinc compounds	350	0	1,155	0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Zinc compounds	340	0	1,122	0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Mercury compounds	0	0	1,000	0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL	MOSS POINT	MS	Mercury compounds	0	0	1,000	0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	180	0	900	0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Zinc compounds	264	0	871	0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL	MOSS POINT	MS	Manganese compounds	86	0	611	0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL	MOSS POINT	MS	Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	55	0	275	0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL	MOSS POINT	MS	Zinc compounds	38	0	125	0.00%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	ATLANTA	GA	Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	120	0	0	0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARTERSVILLE	GA	Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	23,000	0	0	0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	CARROLLTON	GA	Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	4	0	0	0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT	QUINTON	AL	Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	180	0	0	0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT	WILSONVILLE	AL	Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	8	0	0	0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT	BUCKS	AL	Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	170	0	0	0.00%

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 2020, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

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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