Evaluated screen

Gas-Fired Power Generation

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate electricity-generating assets that use natural gas or liquefied natural gas as a material fuel, including combined-cycle, open-cycle, reciprocating-engine, peaking, and captive industrial generation. Portfolio thresholds, capacity measures, phase-out or expansion tests, and de minimis backup use are client-policy overlays. Upstream, processing, transport, equipment supply, limited emergency generation, and fully retired assets are excluded.

Type
Evaluated
Version
2026.08.21.2
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Inclusions
6
Exclusions
6
How to read this definition

Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.

Can establish this activity

Included when supported

Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.

6 criteria
  1. 01Criterion

    Operators of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants

    Defined as: Companies owning or operating facilities that generate electricity primarily through the combustion of natural gas or LNG.

  2. 02Criterion

    Combined-Cycle and Open-Cycle Gas Turbine Operators

    Defined as: Entities operating combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT), open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT), or peaking gas-fired generation facilities.

  3. 03Criterion

    Utilities With Gas-Fired Generation Assets

    Defined as: Electric utilities or independent power producers maintaining gas-fired generating capacity within their energy portfolio.

  4. 04Criterion

    Integrated Energy Companies With Gas-Based Power Operations

    Defined as: Diversified energy firms engaged in electricity generation using natural gas alongside other energy sources.

  5. 05Criterion

    Developers or Owners of Gas-Fired Generation Infrastructure

    Defined as: Companies involved in constructing, expanding, refurbishing, or owning gas-fired power stations.

  6. 06Criterion

    Include captive or industrial gas-fired generation only where natural gas is regularly used to generate electricity and the activity meets the applicable client-policy materiality rule.

Does not establish this activity on its own

Excluded on this basis alone

These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.

6 criteria
  1. 01Criterion

    Natural Gas Exploration, Processing, or Distribution Companies Without Power Generation Activity

    Defined as: Companies involved in upstream or midstream natural gas operations that do not generate electricity from gas-fired assets.

  2. 02Criterion

    Coal-Fired or Oil-Fired Power Generation Without Material Gas Generation

    Defined as: Utilities or generators using other fossil fuels without natural gas-fired electricity generation operations.

  3. 03Criterion

    Renewable Energy or Nuclear Power Producers

    Defined as: Companies generating electricity exclusively from renewable, hydroelectric, or nuclear sources.

  4. 04Criterion

    Exclude emergency, standby, black-start, or short-duration backup generators whose gas use is incidental under the applicable policy threshold.

  5. 05Criterion

    Equipment Manufacturers or Engineering Contractors

    Defined as: Firms supplying turbines, maintenance, or engineering services without ownership or operation of gas-fired power plants.

  6. 06Criterion

    Companies With Fully Retired or Decommissioned Gas-Fired Assets

    Defined as: Entities that have permanently ceased gas-fired electricity generation operations.

Evidence and evaluation methodology

How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.

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Taxonomy version 2026.08.21.2, published Aug 21, 2026. Material changes receive a new immutable release so earlier evaluations remain tied to the definitions and criteria used.

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