Basin Electric Power Cooperative
3 facilities · 2 states · 24.0M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Basin Electric Power Cooperative is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 24.0M lbs of toxic releases. 9 of 66 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Wyoming (18.5M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Basin Electric Power Cooperative, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Basin Electric Power Cooperative: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+10.4%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+10.4%
5.3 million lb → 5.8 million lb, every facility that filed
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative's total reported releases rose from 5.3 million lb in 2022 to 5.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative's air releases fell from 832.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 471.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative's land releases rose from 3.5 million lb in 2022 to 4.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative's off-site transfers fell from 951.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 740.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Basin Electric Power Cooperative from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Basin Electric Laramie River Station; Basin Electric Leland Olds Station; Basin Electric Dry Fork Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Dyno Nobel Inc; Berkshire Hathaway Inc; J R Simplot Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wyoming; North Dakota. 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: Basin Electric Laramie River Station; Basin Electric Leland Olds Station; Basin Electric Dry Fork Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Dyno Nobel Inc; Berkshire Hathaway Inc; J R Simplot Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wyoming; North Dakota. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative ranks #82 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Basin Electric Power Cooperative files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Basin Electric Power Cooperative's disclosed pounds are spread across 3 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Basin Electric Power Cooperative follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Dyno Nobel Inc; Berkshire Hathaway Inc; J R Simplot Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Basin Electric Power Cooperative sits among TRI parents
Basin Electric Power Cooperative sits on a disclosure ladder beside Dyno Nobel Inc and Berkshire Hathaway Inc and J R Simplot Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Dyno Nobel Inc · rank #80 · 27.1M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc · rank #83 · 21.2M lbs
- J R Simplot Co · rank #84 · 10.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Basin Electric Laramie River Station. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 18.1M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.4M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 981.3K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 949.5K lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 471.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 2 | 18.5M lbs |
| North Dakota | 1 | 5.6M lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Basin Electric Laramie River Station Wheatland, WY | 13.0M lbs |
| Basin Electric Leland Olds Station Stanton, ND | 5.6M lbs |
| Basin Electric Dry Fork Station Gillette, WY | 5.4M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Basin Electric Power Cooperative on total disclosed release pounds (24.0M lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Evergy Inc, Phillips 66, Domtar Corp. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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 Wyoming, North Dakota; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Basin Electric Power Cooperative's TRI parent record
From Basin Electric Power Cooperative, open Basin Electric Laramie River Station or compare against Dyno Nobel Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric Laramie River Station in WY). Largest facility
- Compare against Dyno Nobel Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Basin Electric Power Cooperative sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Dyno Nobel Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Inc) 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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