All Power Plants, Displayed by Generation Type (EPA eGRID 2012 v1), DRECP

This dataset was derived from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID2012 Version 1.0). The points in this dataset represent the location of all U.S. electricity generating plants that provide power to the electric grid and report data to the U.S. government within the DRECP study area. In addition to geographic location, this dataset also includes information on the environmental characteristics of almost all electric power generated among power plants within the DRECP study area.

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These data were downloaded in MS EXCEL format and converted to a feature class in a geodatabase. The data were then projected to UTM and clipped to the DRECP Study Area.

eGRID2012 Version 1.0 is the eighth edition of eGRID, which contains the complete release of year 2009 data, as well as year 2007 data contained in eGRID2010 Version 1.1 that was released in May 2011, year 2005 data contained in eGRID2007 Version 1.1 that was released in January 2009, and year 2004 data contained in eGRID2006 Version 2.1 that was released in Spring 2007.

The Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is a comprehensive source of data on the environmental characteristics of almost all electric power generated in the United States. The preeminent source of emissions data for the electric power sector, eGRID is based on available plant specific data for all U.S. electricity generating plants that provide power to the electric grid and report data to the U.S. government. Data reported include generation in megawatt-hour (MWh); resource mix (for renewable and nonrenewable generation); emissions in tons for carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and sulfur dioxide (SO2); emissions in pounds for methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and mercury (Hg); emission rates for CO2, NOx, and SO2 (in both pounds per megawatt-hour [lb/MWh]) and pounds per million British thermal unit [lb/MMBtu]) and for CH4, N2O, and Hg (in pounds per gigawatthour [lb/GWh]) and Hg (in pounds per billion Btu [lb/BBtu]); heat input in MMBtu; and nameplate capacity in megawatts (MW). eGRID reports this information on an annual basis (as well as by ozone season for NOx emissions and emission rates, net generation and resource mix, and heat input) at different levels of aggregation (plant, companies, and grid regions of the country).