Bowen Power Plant, Georgia

Bowen is among the top ten largest coal-fired power plant in the US, generating 3,300 megawatts. It has been rated as the worst emitter of toxic chemicals (19.5 million pounds in 1998), among all U.S. power plants. Since then, however the owners have installed various environmental controls, including scrubbers and selective catalytic reduction systems, which have improved the plant's emission profile. Bowen is owned by the Georgia Power Company, which itself is owned by one the largest electrical utilities in the country, the Southern Company, based in Atlanta.