Big Rivers Electric Corp
2 facilities · 1 state · 12.8M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Big Rivers Electric Corp is the reported parent of 2 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 12.8M lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 43 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Kentucky (12.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Big Rivers Electric Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Big Rivers Electric Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+20.2%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+13.3%
2.0 million lb → 2.3 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Big Rivers Electric Corp's total reported releases rose from 1.9 million lb in 2022 to 2.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Big Rivers Electric Corp's air releases rose from 1.4 million lb in 2022 to 1.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Big Rivers Electric Corp's land releases rose from 525.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 627.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Big Rivers Electric Corp's water releases rose from 507 lb in 2022 to 584 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Big Rivers Electric Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station; Big Rivers Electric Corp Reid/green/hmp&l Station II. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc; Perdue Farms Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Zinc compounds; Vanadium compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky. 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: Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station; Big Rivers Electric Corp Reid/green/hmp&l Station II. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc; Perdue Farms Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Zinc compounds; Vanadium compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Big Rivers Electric Corp ranks #133 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Big Rivers Electric Corp's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Kentucky), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. Releases are facility-concentrated: Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station accounts for most of Big Rivers Electric Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Big Rivers Electric Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ppl Corp; East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc; Perdue Farms Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Big Rivers Electric Corp sits among TRI parents
Big Rivers Electric Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ppl Corp and East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc and Perdue Farms Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Ppl Corp · rank #131 · 25.6M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc · rank #134 · 8.5M lbs
- Perdue Farms Inc · rank #135 · 6.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Big Rivers Electric Corp
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Zinc compounds; Vanadium compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 8.5M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 856.9K lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | 634.4K lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 569.8K lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 382.9K lbs |
Facilities (2)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station Centertown, KY | 10.2M lbs |
| Big Rivers Electric Corp Reid/green/hmp&l Station II Robards, KY | 2.6M lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Big Rivers Electric Corp on total disclosed release pounds (12.8M lbs) and reporting facility count (2). Release-volume peers include Ford Motor Co, Associated Electric Cooperative Inc, Honeywell International 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.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Kentucky; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Big Rivers Electric Corp's TRI parent record
From Big Rivers Electric Corp, open Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station or compare against Ppl Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Big Rivers Electric Corp (Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station in KY). Largest facility
- Compare against Ppl Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Big Rivers Electric Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ppl Corp, East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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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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