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Power Plants - upper-third sector emissions

Upper-third EPA industry rollup: 1.55B MT CO₂e from 1,732 in-sector facilities (#1 of 15 industries).

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among sectors
#1
Total CO₂e - Mega emitter
1.55B MT
Facilities
1,732
Companies
483
Avg / facility - High intensity
895K MT

Data updated May 2026

1.55B MT CO₂e · 1,732 facilities

Power Plants reports 1.55B MT CO₂e from 1,732 in-sector facilities and 483 parent companies (#1 of 15 EPA industry sectors), led by Vistra at 5.6%.

  • Sector rank #1 of 15 EPA industries
  • Vistra leads at 5.6% of sector CO₂e
  • Top 50 of 483 in-sector companies shown

Dispersed in-sector reporter mix

Vistra is the largest single reporter at 5.6% of Power Plants CO₂e (86.3M MT), but the top three still account for only 14.8% across 483 parent companies. Shares use EPA GHGRP facility rollups tagged to this sector only, not each parent's company-wide total.

Largest in-sector emitters in Power Plants

Ranked by in-sector GHG emissions for facilities whose EPA industry sector is Power Plants. Multi-sector parents appear only for their in-sector footprint.

# Company In-sector emissions (MT CO2e)
1 Vistra 86.3M
2 THE SOUTHERN 78.0M
3 DUKE ENERGY 65.0M
4 CPN MANAGEMENT 47.6M
5 NEXTERA ENERGY 45.6M
6 AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO 44.7M
7 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY 39.8M
8 US GOVERNMENT 38.2M
9 ENTERGY 33.9M
10 XCEL ENERGY 29.0M
11 PPL 26.8M
12 DOMINION ENERGY 25.2M
13 DTE ENERGY 22.3M
14 NRG ENERGY 22.1M
15 AMEREN 19.9M
16 EVERGY 19.9M
17 LIGHTSTONE GENERATION 19.1M
18 TALEN ENERGY 17.7M
19 ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 15.6M
20 AES 15.5M
21 FIRSTENERGY 15.3M
22 SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT & POWER DISTRICT 15.1M
23 SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY 14.1M
24 BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE 13.6M
25 WPPI ENERGY 11.1M
26 WYOMING MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY 11.0M
27 LS Power Development 10.8M
28 CPS ENERGY 10.6M
29 WEC Energy Group 10.4M
30 IDACORP 10.3M
31 ARCLIGHT ENERGY PARTNERS FUND VII 10.2M
32 CMS ENERGY 10.2M
33 BUCKEYE POWER 9.4M
34 AUSTIN ENERGY 9.4M
35 CONSTELLATION ENERGY 8.9M
36 INDIANA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY 8.5M
37 PNM RESOURCES 8.5M
38 NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT 8.3M
39 EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE 8.2M
40 PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY 8.1M
41 OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT 7.8M
42 REMC ASSETS 7.7M
43 TECO ENERGY 7.5M
44 SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY 7.2M
45 ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 7.1M
46 SEMINOLE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 7.0M
47 OGLETHORPE POWER 7.0M
48 OGE ENERGY 6.9M
49 CLECO CORPORATE HOLDINGS 6.7M
50 MICHIGAN PUBLIC POWER AGENCY 6.7M

In-sector totals aggregate EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) facility reports whose industry sector is Power Plants. Company rows sum only facilities tagged to this sector, not each parent's company-wide total. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCarbon