Question: How much reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions has the company achieved as a direct result of initiatives to reduce emissions (in metric tons of CO2 equivalent)?
Answer:
1800000
tonnes CO2 equivalent
1047124
Global Reporting Initiative
NRG Energy
2014
Unverified - Added by Community

b) Unknown, c) Base Year going forward will be 2014 due to the various mergers and acquisitions that have occurred in the past 3 years (i.e. GenOn 2012, EME in 2014, etc.) and the company long range planning goals are based on reductions from 2014. Actual reductions noted were from 2013, d,e) Total Reduction is 1.8 MmT CO2e as follows: Reduction to Scope 1 from closing facilities (Indian River 3, Titus, Norwalk, and Portland 2 - .5 MmT of CO2e; reduction to Scope 1 from increase in wind and solar production (from 2013) - .3 MmT of CO2e (based on increased in KWh produced in 2014 from 2013); reduction to Scope 2 from better accounting in 2014 of Electricity Purchased from the grid (i.e. avoidance of double counting from 2013) – 1 MmT.

--Louis Coppola.....2016-05-24 10:59:10 UTC