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| 1 | NRG | $5200 | 500 | Matagorda Co., TX | N | Nuclear power plant |
| 2 | Ligfuel | $5000 | 1200 | Geismer, LA | N | Coal gasification |
| 3 | Samsung | $3500 | 900 | Austin, TX | E | Semiconductors |
| 4 | Motiva Enterprises | $3500 | 300 | Port Arthur, TX | N | Refinery |
| 5 | Marathon | $3200 | 250 | Garyville, LA | E | Refinery |
| 6 | Kia Motors | $1200 | 2893 | West Point, GA | N | Automotive |
| 7 | NRG Energy | $1200 | 100 | Limestone Co., TX | E | Boiler unit |
| 8 | UPS Worldport II | $1000 | 1284 | Louisville, KY | E | Sorting facility |
| 9 | DaimlerChrysler 2005 | $1000 | 0 | Fenton, MO | E | Automotive |
| 10 | Golden Pass LNG LLC | $1000 | 0 | Sabine Pass, TX | N | LNG Terminal |
| 11 | Holcim (US) Inc. | $900 | 200 | St. Genevieve Co., MO | N | Cement |
| 12 | Valero | $800 | 85 | Norco, LA | E | Oil refinery |
| 13 | Blue Grass Chemical | $650 | 600 | Richmond, KY | N | Chemical destruction |
| 14 | SSA Marine | $650 | 0 | Texas City, TX | N | Container terminal |
| 15 | Hewlett Packard | $500 | 140 | Alpharetta, GA | N | Data center |
| 16 | Tondu Corp. | $500 | 80 | Corpus Christi, TX | N | Power plant |
| 17 | Valero Energy Corp. | $500 | 0 | Port Arthur, TX | E | Refinery |
| 18 | Project Holly | $480 | 150 | Douglasvile, GA | N | Data center |
| 19 | Hunt Refining Co. | $450 | 40 | Tuscaloosa, AL | E | Petroleum refining |
| 20 | Hewlett-Packard | $430 | 140 | Houston, TX | E | Data center |
| 21 | Gulfstream | $322 | 1500 | Savannah, GA | E | Aircraft |
| 22 | Essroc | $322 | 0 | Berkeley Co., WV | R | Cement |
| 23 | Hewlett-Packard | $300 | 140 | Austin, TX | E | Data center |
| 24 | Hewlett-Packard | $300 | 125 | Suwanee, GA | N | Data center |
| 25 | AEP | $300 | 0 | Mason Co., WV | E | Plant |
| 26 | Shell Wind Energy | $300 | 0 | Grant Co., WV | N | Wind Energy |
| 27 | LaFarge | $291 | 18 | Harleyville, SC | E | Cement |
| 28 | Swedwood North America | $281 | 740 | Pittsylvania Co., VA | N | Distribution |
| 29 | North American Stainless | $270 | 80 | Ghent, KY | E | Steel products |
| 30 | Novartis | $268 | 350 | Holly Springs, NC | N | Pharmaceuticals |
| 31 | American Electric | $265 | 220 | Mason co., WV | E | Distribution |
| 32 | Edward Jones | $260 | 1000 | Maryland Heights, MO | E | Investments, HQ |
| 33 | APTWC | $250 | 370 | Eagle Lake, TX | N | Bottled water |
| 34 | APTWC | $250 | 370 | Wharton, TX | N | Bottled water |
| 35 | Texas Industries | $250 | 27 | New Braunfels, TX | E | Concrete |
| 36 | Office Depot | $210 | 430 | Boca Raton, FL | R | HQ |
| 37 | Toray Carbon | $210 | 60 | Decatur, AL | E | Carbon fiber |
| 38 | Lockheed | $200 | 200 | New Orleans, LA | E | Space vehicle |
| 39 | Criterion | $200 | 85 | Port Allen, LA | N | Catalyst manufacturing |
| 40 | Navasota Energy | $200 | 14 | Odessa, TX | N | Power plant |
| 41 | International Paper | $200 | 0 | Georgetown, SC | E | Paper office folders |
| 42 | Pfizer | $200 | 0 | Chesterfield, MO | E | Pharmaceuticals |
| 43 | Kinder Morgan | $195 | 0 | Pasadena, TX | E | Fuel storage |
| 44 | Centene | $189 | 901 | Clayton, MO | E | HQ, office |
| 45 | The Film Factory | $185 | 2253 | New Orleans, LA | N | Production studio |
| 46 | Weyerhaeuser | $183 | 10 | Campti, LA | E | Paper mill |
| 47 | PepsiCo, Inc. (Gatorade) | $180 | 280 | Pryor, OK | N | Manufacturing |
| 48 | Navasota Energy | $180 | 14 | Wharton, TX | N | Power plant |
| 49 | Shaw 1 | $175 | 60 | Port Allen, LA | N | Bio-diesel |
| 50 | Shaw 2 | $175 | 60 | Port Allen, LA | N | Ethanol project |
| 51 | White BioEnergy | $155 | 50 | Plainview, TX | N | Ethanol production |
| 52 | BNSF | $154 | 143 | Gardner, KS | N | Intermodal facility |
| 53 | Haier Corp. | $150 | 1000 | Camden, SC | E | Refrigerators |
| 54 | Bridgestone/Firestone | $150 | 600 | Wilson Co., NC | E | Tires |
| 55 | Cargill | $150 | 200 | Reserve, LA | N | Sugar refinery |
| 56 | E.I. DuPont de Nemours | $150 | 0 | Orange, TX | E | Chemicals |
| 57 | TimTek/Loblolly | $140 | 125 | Meridian, MS | N | Forest products |
| 58 | PPD Pharmaco Inc. | $136 | 857 | New Hanover Co., NC | E | Pharmaceuticals |
| 59 | Formosa | $120 | 170 | Point Comfort, TX | E | Plastics |
| 60 | Panda Ethanol, Inc. | $120 | 128 | Stratford, TX | N | Ethanol plant |
| 61 | Panda Ethanol, Inc. | $120 | 0 | Muleshoe, TX | N | Ethanol plant |
| 62 | Tenet's | $116 | 795 | El Paso, TX | E | Hospital |
| 63 | Progress West Healthcare | $115 | 457 | O'fallon, MO | N | Hospital |
| 64 | NGC Industries | $115 | 15 | Oxford, AL | E | Gypsum board paper |
| 65 | Entergy Mississippi | $111 | 0 | McAdams, MS | E | Electric power |
| 66 | Chrysler | $110 | 0 | Fenton, MO | E | Automotive |
| 67 | Georgia Gulf | $109 | 10 | Plaquemine, LA | E | PVC resin plan |
| 68 | Pasadena Refining | $107 | 100 | Pasadena, TX | E | Specialty chemicals |
| 69 | Amcor PET packaging | $105 | 144 | Wythe Co., VA | N | Plastics |
| 70 | Eisai Inc. | $105 | 84 | Wake Co., NC | E | Pharmaceuticals |
| 71 | Malt-O-Meal Co. | $104 | 164 | Randolph Co., NC | N | Food |
| 72 | Fidelity Investments | $100 | 2000 | Wake Co., NC | E | Financial Services |
| 73 | South Financial | $100 | 600 | Greenville, SC | E | Banking HQ |
| 74 | Poly America | $100 | 400 | Chester, SC | N | Polyethylene products |
| 75 | 3M Company | $100 | 50 | Decatur, AL | E | Specialty film |
| 76 | 3M Company | $100 | 50 | Greenville Co., SC | E | Polyester film |
| 77 | BP | $100 | 50 | Texas City, TX | N | Steam turbine plant |
| 78 | Formosa Plastics | $100 | 0 | Baton Rouge, LA | E | Polyvinyl chloride |
| 79 | Horizon | $100 | 0 | Albany, TX | N | Wind farm |
| 80 | Superior Renewable Energy | $100 | 0 | Padre Island, TX | N | Wind farm |
| 81 | Inspiration Network | $98 | 260 | Lancaster County, SC | R | Religious broadcasting |
| 82 | Phillip Morris USA | $97 | 180 | York County, VA | N | Smokeless tobacco |
| 83 | Bell Helicopter | $92 | 0 | Grand Prairie, TX | E | Drive system parts |
| 84 | Target Corporation | $90 | 580 | Newton, NC | N | Retail distribution |
| 85 | Newell Rubbermaid | $90 | 350 | Atlanta, GA | E | HQ, consumer goods |
| 86 | US Energy Inc. | $87 | 54 | Cottondale, AL | N | Biodiesel Fuel |
| 87 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | $86 | 22 | San Antonio, TX | N | Data center |
| 88 | Federal Express Ground | $86 | 119 | Kansas City, MO | N | Distribution |
| 89 | McAirlaid's GmbH & Co. | $85 | 160 | Franklin Co., VA | N | HQ, textiles |
| 90 | Johnson Development | $85 | 0 | Pasadena, TX | N | Warehouse |
| 91 | APM Terminals | $84 | 112 | Mobile, AL | E | Container Terminals |
| 92 | Jeld-Wen | $84 | 75 | Baton Rouge, LA | N | Window & door manufacturing |
| 93 | Nestle Waters of NA | $82 | 60 | Rockwall, TX | E | Bottled water |
| 94 | NASA | $80 | 450 | Hancock Co., MS | N | Space research |
| 95 | RF Micro Devices | $80 | 300 | Guilford Co., NC | E | Wireless Tech. |
| 96 | YKK | $80 | 200 | Dublin, GA | N | Aluminum |
| 97 | Owens Corning | $80 | 125 | Cordele, GA | E | Glass |
| 98 | Schreiber Foods | $80 | 50 | Carthage, MO | N | Food processing-cheese |
| 99 | Blackland Ethanol Corp. | $80 | 30 | Temple, TX | N | Ethanol plant |
| 100 | Nichiha Corp. | $78 | 100 | Macon, GA | N | Building materials |