American Electric Power
11 facilities · 6 states · 49.0M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, American Electric Power is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 49.0M lbs of toxic releases. 9 of 203 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is West Virginia (22.7M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for American Electric Power, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for American Electric Power: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-16.7%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-16.7%
8.9 million lb → 7.4 million lb, every facility that filed
- American Electric Power's total reported releases fell from 8.9 million lb in 2022 to 7.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Electric Power's off-site transfers rose from 944.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Electric Power's land releases fell from 6.0 million lb in 2022 to 3.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Electric Power's chemicals reported fell from 29 in 2022 to 19 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read American Electric Power from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: American Electric Power Amos Plant; American Electric Power Welsh Plant; Rockport Plant; American Electric Power H.w. Pirkey Power Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Firstenergy Corp; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Vanadium compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: West Virginia; Texas; Indiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities. 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: American Electric Power Amos Plant; American Electric Power Welsh Plant; Rockport Plant; American Electric Power H.w. Pirkey Power Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Firstenergy Corp; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Vanadium compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: West Virginia; Texas; Indiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
American Electric Power ranks #41 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. American Electric Power spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. American Electric Power's disclosed pounds are spread across 11 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for American Electric Power follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Firstenergy Corp; The Chemours Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where American Electric Power sits among TRI parents
American Electric Power sits on a disclosure ladder beside Firstenergy Corp and The Chemours Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Firstenergy Corp · rank #42 · 38.5M lbs
- The Chemours Co · rank #43 · 7.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by American Electric Power
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Vanadium compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as American Electric Power Amos Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 13.8M lbs |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 5.8M lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 4.3M lbs |
| Ammonia | 3.6M lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | 3.4M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 3 | 22.7M lbs |
| Texas | 3 | 12.7M lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 6.6M lbs |
| Arkansas | 2 | 5.6M lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 757.2K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 659.5K lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| American Electric Power Amos Plant Winfield, WV | 14.3M lbs |
| American Electric Power Welsh Plant Pittsburg, TX | 7.2M lbs |
| Rockport Plant Rockport, IN | 6.6M lbs |
| American Electric Power H.w. Pirkey Power Plant Hallsville, TX | 5.2M lbs |
| Mountaineer Plant New Haven, WV | 4.4M lbs |
| American Electric Power John W. Turk Jr Plant Fulton, AR | 4.0M lbs |
| American Electric Power Kammer/mitchell Plant Moundsville, WV | 4.0M lbs |
| American Electric Power Flint Creek Plant Gentry, AR | 1.6M lbs |
| American Electric Power Conesville Plant Conesville, OH | 757.2K lbs |
| American Electric Power Northeastern Plant Oologah, OK | 659.5K lbs |
| American Electric Power Oklaunion Plant Vernon, TX | 382.2K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest American Electric Power on total disclosed release pounds (49.0M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Valero Energy Corp, Cargill Inc, Xcel Energy. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, Atlas Roofing Corp, Autokiniton US Holdings Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are West Virginia, Texas, Indiana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with American Electric Power's TRI parent record
From American Electric Power, open American Electric Power Amos Plant or compare against Firstenergy Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for American Electric Power (American Electric Power Amos Plant in WV). Largest facility
- Compare against Firstenergy Corp, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where American Electric Power sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Firstenergy Corp, The Chemours Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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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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