Colorado Springs Utilities
2 facilities · 1 state · 985.9K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Colorado Springs Utilities is the reported parent of 2 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 985.9K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 24 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Colorado (985.9K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Colorado Springs Utilities, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Colorado Springs Utilities: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+73.4%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+123.4%
93.8 thousand lb → 209.5 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Colorado Springs Utilities's total reported releases rose from 93.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 162.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Colorado Springs Utilities's land releases rose from 85.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 156.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Colorado Springs Utilities's air releases fell from 8.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Colorado Springs Utilities from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant; Colorado Springs Utilities Martin Drake Power Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Freeport-McMoran Inc; Newmont Mining Corp; Gcc of America; Western Sugar Cooperative. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Asbestos (friable); Vanadium compounds; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Colorado. 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: Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant; Colorado Springs Utilities Martin Drake Power Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Freeport-McMoran Inc; Newmont Mining Corp; Gcc of America; Western Sugar Cooperative. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Asbestos (friable); Vanadium compounds; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Colorado. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Colorado Springs Utilities ranks #645 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Colorado Springs Utilities's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Colorado), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. Releases are facility-concentrated: Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant accounts for most of Colorado Springs Utilities's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Colorado Springs Utilities follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Freeport-McMoran Inc; Newmont Mining Corp; Gcc of America) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Colorado Springs Utilities sits among TRI parents
Colorado Springs Utilities sits on a disclosure ladder beside Freeport-McMoran Inc and Newmont Mining Corp and Gcc of America and Western Sugar Cooperative. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #643 · 33.1M lbs
- Newmont Mining Corp · rank #644 · 22.9M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Gcc of America · rank #646 · 764.2K lbs
- Western Sugar Cooperative · rank #647 · 693.7K lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Colorado Springs Utilities
Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Asbestos (friable); Vanadium compounds; Zinc compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 723.5K lbs |
| Ammonia | 60.4K lbs |
| Asbestos (friable) | 46.9K lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | 26.8K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 24.0K lbs |
Facilities (2)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant Fountain, CO | 882.6K lbs |
| Colorado Springs Utilities Martin Drake Power Plant Colorado Springs, CO | 103.3K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Colorado Springs Utilities on total disclosed release pounds (985.9K lbs) and reporting facility count (2). Release-volume peers include Esco Group LLC, Ametek Inc, National Grid USA. 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 Colorado; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Colorado Springs Utilities's TRI parent record
From Colorado Springs Utilities, open Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant or compare against Freeport-McMoran Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Colorado Springs Utilities (Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant in CO). Largest facility
- Compare against Newmont Mining Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Colorado Springs Utilities sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Freeport-McMoran Inc, Newmont Mining Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Colorado Springs Utilities'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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