Evaluated screen

Oil-Fired Power Generation

Identifies companies and other entities that own or operate electricity-generating assets that combust petroleum-based fuels, including fuel oil, diesel, crude oil, or comparable liquid petroleum fuels, as a material or regular fuel source. Portfolio thresholds, captive-generation treatment, and de minimis or emergency-use limits are client-policy overlays. Upstream, refining, transport, equipment supply, limited backup generation, and fully retired assets are excluded.

Type
Evaluated
Version
2026.08.21.2
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Inclusions
7
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.

7 criteria
  1. 01Criterion

    Operators of Oil-Fired Power Plants

    Defined as: Companies owning or operating facilities that generate electricity primarily through the combustion of fuel oil, diesel, bunker fuel, or crude oil.

  2. 02Criterion

    Utilities With Oil-Fired Generation Assets

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

  3. 03Criterion

    Companies Operating Diesel-Fueled Power Generation Facilities

    Defined as: Entities using diesel or other petroleum-derived fuels for commercial electricity generation, including grid-connected or captive facilities.

  4. 04Criterion

    Integrated Energy Companies With Oil-Based Power Operations

    Defined as: Diversified energy firms engaged in oil-fired electricity generation alongside other power generation activities.

  5. 05Criterion

    Developers or Owners of Oil-Fired Generation Infrastructure

    Defined as: Companies involved in the construction, expansion, refurbishment, or ownership of oil-fired power stations.

  6. 06Criterion

    Operators of Remote or Island Oil-Fired Power Systems

    Defined as: Entities relying on fuel oil or diesel-fired generation for electricity supply in isolated or off-grid regions.

  7. 07Criterion

    Include captive or industrial oil-fired power only where petroleum fuel 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

    Oil Exploration, Refining, or Transport Companies Without Power Generation Activity

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

  2. 02Criterion

    Natural Gas or Coal-Fired Power Generation Without Oil Combustion

    Defined as: Utilities or generators using other fossil fuels without material oil-fired 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 petroleum use is incidental under the applicable policy threshold.

  5. 05Criterion

    Equipment Manufacturers or Engineering Contractors

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

  6. 06Criterion

    Companies With Fully Retired or Decommissioned Oil-Fired Assets

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

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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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