Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States
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This data analysis — the 15th in a series going back to 1997 and highlighting environmental performance in the United States’ power sector — examines and compares air pollutant emissions of the 100 largest power producers in the U.S. based on their 2017 generation, plant ownership and emissions data. This 2019 benchmarking analysis is once again a collaborative effort, based on publicly reported data. The analysis shows that in 2017, for the first year ever, zero-carbon sources took the lead in power generation.