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.

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Release-over-release change

What changed for Big Rivers Electric Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023

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

Total Releases
12.8M lbs
Facilities
2
Chemicals
43
Carcinogens
6

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.

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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.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How much pollution does Big Rivers Electric Corp release?
Big Rivers Electric Corp discloses 12.8M lbs across 2 facilities. On the ladder it sits near Ppl Corp and East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc. 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.
How many facilities does Big Rivers Electric Corp operate?
Big Rivers Electric Corp maps to 2 facilities in Kentucky, including Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station; Big Rivers Electric Corp Reid/green/hmp&l Station II. 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.
What industries and chemicals show up for Big Rivers Electric Corp?
Big Rivers Electric Corp's disclosed pounds sit inside a single reported industry label: Electric Utilities. Big Rivers Electric Corp's largest disclosed chemicals by pounds are 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 (none of those top chemicals carry a carcinogen flag in this extract). Neighbor parents: Ppl Corp; East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc; Perdue Farms Inc.
Does Big Rivers Electric Corp release carcinogens?
Yes - 6 carcinogen-flagged substances appear in the extract. Largest by pounds include 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.

Compare beyond the release ladder

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.

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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