EPA GHGRP · reporting year 2023 · Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers
The Southern - top-third GHGRP parent
According to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), an upper-third Scope 1 reporter: 39 facilities across 6 states (78.4M MT CO₂e in 2023).
- MT CO₂e (latest facility reports)
- 78.4M
- Reporting facilities
- 39
- States covered
- 6
- Overall rank
- #2
Data updated May 2026
According to the EPA GHGRP, The Southern reported 78.4M MT CO₂e in 2023 across 39 facilities in 6 states (ranks in the top 1% of U.S. corporate GHG emitters (#2 of 2,289)) Emissions decreased 26% over the tracked period.
- Overall rank #2 of 2,289
- #1 in Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers
- -26.2% since 2011
The Southern vs all U.S. GHGRP parent companies
Where this parent's reported Scope 1 CO₂e sits among every EPA GHGRP-reporting company
78,398,056 2nd of 2289 higher than 2,287 of 2,289 companies
GHGRP parent companies, banded by reported CO₂e (MT)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more companies. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program · 2023
How The Southern spreads its footprint vs Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers peers
Facility count against total reported CO₂e for 21 Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers companies. A company can lead its sector from one concentrated site or from many smaller ones; the split below uses the median of this peer group (3 facilities, 0.58M MT).
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Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers peer footprint table: The Southern, 39 facilities, 78.4M MT CO2e. Mplx, 11 facilities, 1.46M MT CO2e. California Resources, 2 facilities, 1.34M MT CO2e. Energy Transfer, 10 facilities, 1.33M MT CO2e. Targa Resources, 3 facilities, 1.16M MT CO2e. Enlink Midstream, 5 facilities, 0.99M MT CO2e. Oneok, 4 facilities, 0.99M MT CO2e. Phillips 66, 3 facilities, 0.71M MT CO2e. The Williams Cos, 5 facilities, 0.63M MT CO2e. Kinder Morgan, 4 facilities, 0.6M MT CO2e. Enterprise Products Partners, 4 facilities, 0.58M MT CO2e. Western Midstream Partners, 3 facilities, 0.45M MT CO2e. Harvest Pipeline, 1 facilities, 0.4M MT CO2e. Enbridge (us), 5 facilities, 0.39M MT CO2e. Aux Sable Liquid Products, 1 facilities, 0.29M MT CO2e. Carol Broadbent Farver, 1 facilities, 0.25M MT CO2e. Hess, 1 facilities, 0.24M MT CO2e. Spectra Energy, 1 facilities, 0.23M MT CO2e. Marathon Petroleum, 3 facilities, 0.21M MT CO2e. Epic Midstream, 2 facilities, 0.19M MT CO2e. Dow, 1 facilities, 0.19M MT CO2e.
EPA GHGRP inventory plate
Parent the-southern · 2023 #2 · 78.4M MT
CO2E-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · FAC-FLEET · SPAN-MULTI · SECTOR-NATURAL-GAS- · TREND-CUT · BOOK-RICH
- CO2E-MEGA 78.4M MT
- TOP-DECILE #2/2289
- NEAR-PEER Vistra · Power Plants
- FAC-FLEET 39 facilities
- SPAN-MULTI 6 states
- SECTOR-NATURAL-GAS- Natural Gas and N…
- TREND-CUT −26% since 2011
- BOOK-RICH 7/8 fields
Nearest CO₂e peer: Vistra · Power Plants (±7.9M MT)
Upper-third parent rollup stamps: CO₂e band, corpus rank, peer, facility book, state span, sector, trend. Not an EPA grade.
2023 nearly all-CO₂ parent book
This parent's 2023 facility book is almost entirely CO₂ (99.4% of 78.4M MT CO₂e). CH₄ and N₂O together are only 0.6%, a CO₂-shaped GHGRP profile, not a methane story. Component shares sum this parent's facility CO₂ / CH₄ / N₂O rows for that year, not a corporate Scope 1-3 inventory.
- CO₂
- 99.4%
- 77.9M MT
- CH₄
- 0.3%
- 227K MT
- N₂O
- 0.3%
- 228K MT
CO₂e neighbourhood around The Southern
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest reported parents by CO₂e, not a full GHGRP corpus board reprint.
Largest sites in a top-third parent book
The Southern - top sites (MT CO₂e)
The Southern's largest facilities by latest available reported CO₂e
Emissions decline across reporting years
The Southern - declining annual GHG
EPA GHGRP 2011–2023 · million metric tons CO₂e
- Reported CO₂e in 2023
- 78.4M MT
- 13 annual EPA GHGRP reporting records
The Southern annual reported GHG emissions, 2011–2023
The Southern reported 78.4M MT CO₂e in 2023, compared with 106.3M MT in 2011 - a decline of 26.2% across the EPA GHGRP reporting record.
Wide facility book (39)
| Facility | Location | Emissions (MT CO2e) |
|---|---|---|
| James H Miller Jr Power Plants Quinton, AL | Quinton, AL | 16.6M |
| Bowen Power Plants CARTERSVILLE, GA | CARTERSVILLE, GA | 10.2M |
| Scherer Power Plants JULIETTE, GA | JULIETTE, GA | 7.6M |
| Jack McDonough Power Plants SMYRNA, GA | SMYRNA, GA | 6.5M |
| Plant H. Allen Franklin Power Plants SMITHS, AL | SMITHS, AL | 5.1M |
| Barry Power Plants BUCKS, AL | BUCKS, AL | 5.0M |
| McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility Power Plants RINCON, GA | RINCON, GA | 3.5M |
| Wansley CC Power Plants Franklin, GA | Franklin, GA | 3.4M |
| Red Hills Generation Facility Power Plants Ackerman, MS | Ackerman, MS | 3.2M |
| E C Gaston Power Plants WILSONVILLE, AL | WILSONVILLE, AL | 3.0M |
| E B Harris Generating Plant Power Plants AUTAUGAVILLE, AL | AUTAUGAVILLE, AL | 2.4M |
| Central Alabama Generating Station Power Plants BILLINGSLEY, AL | BILLINGSLEY, AL | 1.9M |
| Watson Electric Generating Plant Power Plants GULFPORT, MS | GULFPORT, MS | 1.8M |
| Plant Rowan County Power Plants SALISBURY, NC | SALISBURY, NC | 1.7M |
| David M Ratcliffe Power Plants De Kalb, MS | De Kalb, MS | 1.4M |
| Yates Power Plants NEWNAN, GA | NEWNAN, GA | 1.3M |
| Greene County Power Plants Forkland, AL | Forkland, AL | 801K |
| Chevron Cogenerating Station Power Plants PASCAGOULA, MS | PASCAGOULA, MS | 792K |
| Theodore Cogeneration Power Plants Theodore, AL | Theodore, AL | 749K |
| Washington County Cogen (Olin) Power Plants McIntosh, AL | McIntosh, AL | 442K |
| Cleveland County Generating Facility Power Plants Grover, NC | Grover, NC | 356K |
| Dahlberg (Jackson County) Power Plants NICHOLSON, GA | NICHOLSON, GA | 171K |
| Edward L Addison Generating Plant Power Plants THOMASTON, GA | THOMASTON, GA | 122K |
| SNG Station 5216 Bay Springs, MS Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Bay Springs, MS | Bay Springs, MS | 65K |
| SNG Station 5277 Ocmulgee, GA Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems MACON, GA | MACON, GA | 62K |
| SNG Station 5230 York, AL Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Ward, AL | Ward, AL | 39K |
| SNG Station 5259 Auburn, AL Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Auburn, AL | Auburn, AL | 38K |
| SNG Station 5283 Hall Gate, GA Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Milledgeville, GA | Milledgeville, GA | 32K |
| Nicor Gas Ancona Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems STREATOR, IL | STREATOR, IL | 30K |
| SNG Station 5122 Franklinton, LA Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems FRANKLINTON, LA | FRANKLINTON, LA | 29K |
| Calhoun Generating Facility Power Plants EASTABOGA, AL | EASTABOGA, AL | 27K |
| McIntosh (6124) Power Plants RINCON, GA | RINCON, GA | 19K |
| Nicor Gas Troy Grove Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Mendota, IL | Mendota, IL | 18K |
| Cherokee LNG Other Ballground, GA | Ballground, GA | 18K |
| SNG Station 4132 Louisville, MS Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Louisville, MS | Louisville, MS | 18K |
| SNG Station 4152 Tarrant, AL Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Tarrant, AL | Tarrant, AL | 18K |
| Macon LNG Other Macon, GA | Macon, GA | 17K |
| Sweatt Electric Generating Plant Power Plants MERIDIAN, MS | MERIDIAN, MS | 400 |
| Atlanta Gas Light Company Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers Atlanta, GA | Atlanta, GA | 374 |
Where The Southern's reported CO₂e sits by state
46% of this parent's latest facility CO₂e is in Alabama (13 sites) ; next is Georgia at 42% . Shares are GHGRP facility rollups for this parent, not state economy totals.
The Southern reported facility CO₂e concentration by U.S. state
The Southern's reported CO₂e by EPA sector
Top sector Power Plants is 99.5% of this parent's facility CO₂e (26 sites) ; Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems follows at 0.4% . Sector labels are EPA GHGRP facility industry_sector values.
The Southern reported facility CO₂e by EPA industry sector
Nationwide peers for a top-third GHGRP parent
Three EPA GHGRP peer sets for a top-third parent (78.4M MT): nearest totals, facility-book size, then per-facility intensity.
Similar reported CO₂e
Nearest parent totals (78.4M MT here).
Similar facility book
Nearest reporting-facility counts (39 here).
Similar per-facility CO₂e
Nearest average MT per facility (2.0M MT here).
Source: EPA GHGRP Data is based on facility self-reporting. Not environmental compliance advice
What to do with this
Using The Southern's emissions profile
- The Southern runs high-intensity per facility (2.0M MT CO₂e/site); see how it stacks up against the rest of the Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers sector on the Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Suppliers industry page.
- It ranks #2 of 2,289 reporting parents nationwide, compare it directly against specific peers on the compare tool.
- Not sure how to read a total-CO₂e figure or a per-facility intensity number, the how-to-read guide walks through what each field means and what it doesn't.
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Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.