EPA GHGRP · side-by-side comparison

Compare corporate GHG emissions

Pick any two U.S. companies and compare their reported greenhouse-gas emissions side by side: total CO2e, year-over-year trend, facility footprint and industry context.

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Reporters in picker
120
Picker CO2e
1.6B MT
Vistra
5.2%

What's in the picker

The dropdowns list the 120 largest GHGRP parent companies by reported CO2e (1.6B MT combined). Vistra is 5.2% of that picker total.

  1. 1. Vistra 86.3M MT
  2. 2. The Southern 78.4M MT
  3. 3. Duke Energy 65.0M MT
  4. 4. CPN Management 47.6M MT
  5. 5. Nextera Energy 45.6M MT
  6. 6. American Electric Power CO 44.7M MT
  7. 7. Berkshire Hathaway 43.1M MT
  8. 8. US Government 41.4M MT
Vistra86.3MThe Southern78.4MDuke Energy65.0MCPN Management47.6MNextera Energy45.6MAmerican Electric Pow…44.7MBerkshire Hathaway43.1MUS Government41.4M
Top 8 of the 120-company compare picker, metric tons CO2e

Lead share of the picker

0%100%5.2%
Vistra is 5.2% of the 120-reporter picker total

How the comparison works

Every comparison renders directly from the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) database. For each company we show total reported Scope 1 CO₂-equivalent emissions, the year-over-year trend across every reporting year on record, the number of reporting facilities, and the EPA industry classification, so you can weigh two emitters on the same evidence. Only facilities emitting 25,000+ metric tons of CO₂e per year are required to report, so these figures reflect each company's largest direct-emitting operations, not its full carbon footprint.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.

What to do with the picker

Compare two reporters, then cite the pair

  • Pick two of the 120 largest GHGRP parents (1.6B MT combined). Vistra is 5.2% of that picker total.
  • The comparison is Scope 1 only. Facilities under 25,000 MT CO2e/year are not required to report, so these are the largest direct-emitting operations, not a full carbon footprint.
  • Cite the pair page (not this hub) when you reuse a two-company result. Source: EPA GHGRP.

Download the state summary cited on this page: ghgrp-state-statistics.csv (same CSV as /statistics, CC BY 4.0).

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