Calpine Corp
8 facilities · 6 states · 466.1K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Calpine Corp is the reported parent of 8 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 466.1K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 35 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Pennsylvania (313.0K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Calpine Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Calpine Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-20.5%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-20.5%
143.1 thousand lb → 113.8 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Calpine Corp's total reported releases fell from 143.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 113.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Calpine Corp's off-site transfers rose from 62 lb in 2022 to 102 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Calpine Corp's air releases fell from 143.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 113.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Calpine Corp's chemicals reported rose from 7 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Calpine Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center; Bethlehem Energy Center; Calpine Fore River Energy Center LLC; Edge Moor/hay Road Energy Centers. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Steel Corp; Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; n-Hexane; Naphthalene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Pennsylvania; Massachusetts; Delaware. 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.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center; Bethlehem Energy Center; Calpine Fore River Energy Center LLC; Edge Moor/hay Road Energy Centers. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Steel Corp; Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; n-Hexane; Naphthalene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Pennsylvania; Massachusetts; Delaware. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Calpine Corp ranks #926 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Calpine Corp spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Calpine Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 8 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Calpine Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Steel Corp; Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Calpine Corp sits among TRI parents
Calpine Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Steel Corp and Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Steel Corp · rank #924 · 40.6M lbs
- Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC · rank #925 · 15.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Calpine Corp
Ammonia; n-Hexane; Naphthalene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 591.5K lbs |
| n-Hexane | 22.3K lbs |
| Naphthalene | 631 lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 434 lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 71 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 313.0K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 75.7K lbs |
| Delaware | 1 | 58.9K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 18.6K lbs |
| New York | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (8)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center Delta, PA | 190.7K lbs |
| Bethlehem Energy Center Bethlehem, PA | 122.3K lbs |
| Calpine Fore River Energy Center LLC Weymouth, MA | 75.7K lbs |
| Edge Moor/hay Road Energy Centers Wilmington, DE | 58.9K lbs |
| Cumberland Energy Center Millville, NJ | 18.6K lbs |
| Calpine Jfk Energy Center Jamaica, NY | 0 lbs |
| Zion Energy Center Zion, IL | 0 lbs |
| Nissequogue Cogen Partners Stony Brook, NY | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Calpine Corp on total disclosed release pounds (466.1K lbs) and reporting facility count (8). Release-volume peers include Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc, Palos Verdes Building Corp, Eog Resources Inc. Facility-count peers include Agropur Inc, Albemarle Corp, Allegheny Technologies 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 Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Delaware; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Calpine Corp's TRI parent record
From Calpine Corp, open Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center or compare against US Steel Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Calpine Corp (Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center in PA). Largest facility
- Compare against Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Calpine Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (US Steel Corp, Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Calpine Corp'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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