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EPA Website Helps Consumers Calculate How Individual Energy Use Contributes to Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution

Press release: “With just a few clicks of the mouse and a ZIP code, consumers can see how their individual energy use is affecting the Earth. EPA’s Power Profiler calculates how much air pollution results from individual electricity use, the fuels used to produce that electricity and how to reduce the impact…All you need is a ZIP code and you’re on your way to understanding your environmental impact…Power Profiler uses information from EPA’s Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID), a comprehensive source of data on the environmental characteristics of nearly all electric power generated in the United States.”

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