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Texas Carbon Dioxide Emissions Data

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM MAJOR POWER PLANTS IN TEXAS, 2002

COMPANY

PLANT

COUNTY

ESTIMATED CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS (tons) (1)

PRIMARY FUEL TYPE

City of Austin

Decker Creek

Travis

986,000

Gas

 

Holly Street

Travis

287,000

Gas

Brazos

RW Miller

Palo Pinto

481,000

Gas

 

North Texas

Parker

1,000

Gas

Bryan

Rol C Dansby

Brazos

180,000

Gas

 

Bryan

Brazos

13,000

Gas

CSW

Laredo

Webb

347,000

Gas

Central Power & Light

Coleto Creek

Goliad

4,378,000

Coal

 

Lon C Hill

Nueces

141,000

Gas

 

Nueces Bay

Nueces

615,000

Gas

 

BM Davis

Nueces

1,040,000

Gas

 

La Palma

Cameron

290,000

Gas

 

ES Joslin

Calhoun

77,000

Gas

 

Victoria

Victoria

101,000

Gas

 

JL Bates

Hidalgo

235,000

Gas

Denton

Spencer

Denton

37,000

Gas

El Paso Electric

Newman

El Paso

1,065,000

Gas

Garland

Ray Olinger

Collin

600,000

Gas

 

CE Newman

Dallas

4,000

Gas

Gulf States

Sabine

Orange

4,422,000

Gas

 

Lewis Creek

Montgomery

1,456,000

Gas

Reliant Energy

WH Parish

Fort Bend

20,708,000

Coal

 

Limestone

Limestone

13,002,000

Lignite

 

Cedar Bayou

Chambers

2,481,000

Gas

 

PH Robinson

Galveston

1,867,000

Gas

 

Sam Bertron

Harris

550,000

Gas

 

San Jacinto

Harris

981,000

Gas

 

Greens Bayou

Harris

194,000

Gas

 

Webster

Harris

90,000

Gas

 

TH Wharton

Harris

100,000

Gas

 

Deepwater

Harris

29,000

Gas

Lower Colorado River Authority

Sam Seymour

Fayette

12,476,000

Coal

 

Sam Gideon

Bastrop

819,000

Gas

 

TC Ferguson

Llano

425,000

Gas

City of Lubbock

Holly Avenue

Lubbock

78,000

Gas

Texas Utilities

Martin Lake

Rusk

17,719,000

Lignite

 

Monticello

Titus

15,619,000

Lignite

 

Big Brown

Freestone

9,600,000

Lignite

 

Sandow

Milam

4,603,000

Lignite

 

Tradinghouse

McLennan

1,839,000

Gas

 

DeCordova

Hood

1,788,000

Gas

 

Valley

Fannin

1,041,000

Gas

 

Morgan Creek

Mitchell

674,000

Gas

 

Stryker Creek

Cherokee

664,000

Gas

 

Graham

Young

764,000

Gas

 

Lake Ray Hubbard

Dallas

1,171,000

Gas

 

Permian Base

Ward

1,373,000

Gas

 

Mountain Creek

Dallas

675,000

Gas

 

Handley

Tarrant

1,619,000

Gas

 

North Lake

Dallas

876,000

Gas

 

Eagle Mountain

Tarrant

654,000

Gas

 

Lake Creek

McLennan

227,000

Gas

 

Comanche Peak

Somervell

0

Nuclear

 

South Texas NP

Matagorda

0

Nuclear

City of San Antonio

JT Deely

Bexar

6,576,000

Coal

 

JK Spruce

Bexar

4,441,000

Coal

 

OW Summers

Bexar

607,000