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2003 Environmental Health & Safety Report
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ROUTINE EMISSIONS BASED ON APS OPERATIONS

 

 

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

GREENHOUSE
GASES

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO2

Total (tons)

   26,634,689

   24,369,548

   27,378,942

   25,594,386

   24,565,372

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

938

877

984

928

908

 

Industry average
(lb./MWh)*

N/A

           1,940

           1,881

           1,666

           1,486

KEY AIR
POLLUNTANTS

 

 

 

 

 

VOCs

Total (tons)

412

398

653

585

483

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

0.015

0.014

0.053

0.02

0.02

NOx

Total (tons)

         58,664

         55,710

         66,339

         64,405

         61,008

 

Normalized

2.067

2.005

2.385

2.34

2.26

 

Industry average

N/A

N/A

3.71

3.52

3.51

Particulate
Matter (PM10)

Total (tons)

           3,061

           2,921

           3,388

           3,173

           3,022

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

0.108

0.105

0.122

0.12

0.11

 

Industry average
(lb./MWh)*

N/A

N/A

0.5

0.45

0.16

Sox

Total (tons)

         52,323

         53,624

         61,151

         56,421

         61,599

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

1.844

1.93

2.199

2.05

2.28

 

Industry average
(lb./MWh)*

N/A

N/A

8.22

7.55

7.76

Mercury

Total (tons)

0.459

0.452

0.434

0.42

0.41

 

Normalized
(lb./GWh)

0.016

0.016

0.016

0.02

0.02

Carbon
Monoxide

Total (tons)

           3,469

           3,332

           5,042

           4,564

           3,957

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

0.122

0.12

0.181

0.17

0.15

Lead

Total (tons)

0.285

0.267

0.299

0.28

0.27

 

Normalized
(lb./GWh)

0.01

0.01

0.011

0.01

0.0101

APS operates several jointly owned facilities - Four Corners Power Plant, Cholla coal plants and the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.

* The Industry and APS emissions in pounds per megawatt-hour include nuclear generation. The industry average emission data for SO2, NOx, CO2, PM10, and VOC for the period 1999 to 2001 was obtained from emission trend summaries located on the EPA emission inventory Web site at: www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/trends/index.html. The 2002 average emission data is scheduled for release from EPA in May 2004.

The industry CO2 emission data was obtained from “Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States, 2001,” DOE/EIA-0573 Dec, 2002. The report can be downloaded at: www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605ggrpt/index.html. The annual industry generation data was obtained from Electric Power Monthly, December 2003, DOE/EIA-0226(2003/01).

ROUTINE EMISSIONS BASED ON APS/PWEC OWNERSHIP

 

 

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

GREENHOUSE
GASES

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO2

Total (tons)

   15,386,366

   15,498,001

   16,899,576

   15,974,666

   14,323,343

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

           1,202

           1,238

           1,324

           1,324

             1,274

KEY AIR
POLLUNTANTS

 

 

 

 

 

VOCs

Total (tons)

222

245

486

432

321

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

0.017

0.02

0.038

0.04

0.03

NOx

Total (tons)

         31,842

         34,747

         40,904

         39,070

         34,294

 

Normalized

2.488

2.775

3.208

3.24

3.41

Particulate
Matter (PM10)

Total (tons)

           1,931

           2,052

           2,348

           2,241

           2,005

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

0.151

0.164

0.184

0.19

0.18

Sox

Total (tons)

         20,558

         25,889

         29,439

         26,881

         28,488

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

1.609

2.068

2.309

2.23

2.53

Mercury

Total (tons)

0.313

0.336

0.226

0.223

0.21

 

Normalized
(lb./GWh)

0.024

0.027

0.018

0.05

0.02

Carbon
Monoxide

Total (tons)

           1,910

           2,081

           3,582

           3,234

           2,532

 

Normalized
(lb./MWh)

0.149

0.166

0.281

0.27

0.03

Lead

Total (tons)

0.219

0.228

0.248

0.24

0.22

 

Normalized
(lb./GWh)

0.017

0.018

0.019

0.02

0.02

Emissions based on Pinnacle West Capital Corporation-owned generation (APS and Pinnacle West Energy).

 

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