E-GRID: Power Plant Emissions Database for U.S.

At the new online EPA database, E-GRID, you can access information about the emissions produced by power plants across the U.S.

E-GRID integrates information for 1996 from 12 federal databases. You can compare your local power plantto others nationally, since it is based on emissions per unit of electricity. It also displays, for individual plants, companies, states, and regions, the amount and percentage of power from different sources, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, solar, and wind.

EPA considers this information an important "right-to-know" tool. People in 18 states can choose among competing electricity suppliers; this information can help them understand the ramifications of their decisions and help them choose clean energy suppliers.

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