Environment
Southwestern’s mission of marketing and delivering Federal hydroelectric power fully supports the U.S. Department of Energy’s strategic goal of improving the quality of the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts to land, water, and air from energy production.
In Fiscal Year 2008, the environmentally sound energy marketed by Southwestern saved the American people the equivalent of 12.2 million barrels of oil, 3.5 million tons of coal, or 75.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas. This cost-based energy also prevented the emission of greenhouse gases equivalent to 6.1 million tons of carbon dioxide, 18.5 thousand tons of sulfur dioxide, and 14.8 thousand tons of nitrogen oxides.
As a steward of one of our Nation’s most precious resources – water – Southwestern also dedicates significant effort in coordinating operating activities with our customers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state game, fish and wildlife agencies, organized recreational groups, and other interests to find ways to accommodate the needs of competing water users whenever possible while still meeting our contractual requirements to provide electricity to our customers.
Contact
environment@swpa.gov