Other Resources

Primary Data Sources

• CAMD’s Power Sector Emissions Data: This includes data reported to EPA by electric generating units to comply with the regulations in 40 CFR Part 75 and 40 CFR Part 63. Data include annual emissions of CO₂, NO_X, SO₂, and Hg; ozone season emissions of NO_X; and annual and ozone season generation and heat input. 
• Form EIA-860: This survey collects generator-level specific information about existing and planned generators and associated environmental equipment at electric power plants with 1 megawatt or greater of combined nameplate capacity. 
• Form EIA-923: This survey collects detailed electric power data -- monthly and annually -- on electricity generation, fuel consumption, fossil fuel stocks, and receipts at the power plant and prime mover level.
• EIA State Electricity Profiles: State-level statistics on electric power plants, capacity, generation, fuel consumption, sales, prices and customers.
• U.S. Department of Energy Combined Heat and Power Database: A comprehensive listing of combined heat and power installations throughout the country. 
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC): Reliability assessment areas are occasionally used to place a plant into the proper eGRID subregion. 
• National Emissions Inventory (NEI): a comprehensive and detailed estimate of air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and hazardous air pollutants from air emissions sources.

Emissions Inventories and Reports

• Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD): runs programs that reduce air pollution from power plants, including the Acid Rain Program (ARP), the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), and the CSAPR Update. 
  • Progress Reports: Annual reports on the status of programs run by CAMD.
  • Data Resources: Information about the major data tools and resources used by CAMD.
• Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: an annual report that provides a comprehensive accounting of total greenhouse gas emissions for all man-made sources in the U.S.
• Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP): requires reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) data and other relevant information from large GHG emission sources, fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and CO2 injection sites in the U.S.
• Green Power Partnership: promotes the use of green power and the development of renewable electricity sources. 
• Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership: works with stakeholders to reduce air pollution and water usage associated with electric power generation by increasing the use of CHP. 
• Our Nation's Air: Status and Trends: This annual report, titled Our Nation's Air, summarizes the nation's air quality status and trends.

Tools

• AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT): a tool that estimates the emissions benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and programs.

• CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool: a tool that estimates the health and economic benefits of clean energy policies.

• Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator: a tool to translate abstract measurements of GHG emissions into concrete terms you can understand, such as the annual emissions from cars, households, or power plants.

• Energy Star Portfolio Manager®: The most-used energy measurement and tracking tool for commercial buildings. 

• AirNow: a website and app that allows you to check your local air quality.