Allete Inc
2 facilities · 2 states · 12.3M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Allete Inc is the reported parent of 2 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 12.3M lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 23 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Minnesota (11.9M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Allete Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Allete Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-2.8%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-2.8%
2.7 million lb → 2.6 million lb, every facility that filed
- Allete Inc's total reported releases fell from 2.7 million lb in 2022 to 2.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Allete Inc's off-site transfers fell from 17.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Allete Inc's air releases fell from 72.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 44.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Allete Inc's chemicals reported rose from 15 in 2022 to 17 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Allete Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Boswell Energy Center; Bni Coal Ltd. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Chs Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds; Copper compounds; Vanadium compounds; Barium And Barium Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; North Dakota. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities; Coal Mining. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Boswell Energy Center; Bni Coal Ltd. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Chs Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds; Copper compounds; Vanadium compounds; Barium And Barium Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; North Dakota. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities; Coal Mining.
Allete Inc ranks #136 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Allete Inc files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Boswell Energy Center accounts for most of Allete Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Allete Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Xcel Energy; Chs Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Allete Inc sits among TRI parents
Allete Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Xcel Energy and Chs Inc and Farmers Union Industries LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Xcel Energy · rank #134 · 22.8M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Chs Inc · rank #137 · 6.6M lbs
- Farmers Union Industries LLC · rank #138 · 6.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Allete Inc
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds; Copper compounds; Vanadium compounds; Barium And Barium Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Boswell Energy Center. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 9.2M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 1.1M lbs |
| Copper compounds | 442.2K lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | 301.2K lbs |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 287.4K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1 | 11.9M lbs |
| North Dakota | 1 | 392.8K lbs |
Facilities (2)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Boswell Energy Center Cohasset, MN | 11.9M lbs |
| Bni Coal Ltd Center, ND | 392.8K lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Allete Inc on total disclosed release pounds (12.3M lbs) and reporting facility count (2). Release-volume peers include Materion Corp, Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC, Koch Foods Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Minnesota, North Dakota; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Allete Inc's TRI parent record
From Allete Inc, open Boswell Energy Center or compare against Xcel Energy rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Allete Inc (Boswell Energy Center in MN). Largest facility
- Compare against Xcel Energy, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Allete Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Xcel Energy, Chs Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Allete Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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