Dte Energy Co
6 facilities · 1 state · 16.9M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Dte Energy Co is the reported parent of 6 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 16.9M lbs of toxic releases. 9 of 64 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Michigan (16.9M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Dte Energy Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Dte Energy Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-18.2%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-25.3%
2.8 million lb → 2.1 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.
- Dte Energy Co's total reported releases fell from 2.6 million lb in 2022 to 2.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dte Energy Co's off-site transfers fell from 5.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dte Energy Co's water releases fell from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 855 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dte Energy Co's air releases rose from 518.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 681.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Dte Energy Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant; Ees Coke Battery LLC; Dte Electric Co - Trenton Channel Power Plant; Dte Electric Company- River Rouge Power Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc; Republic Services Inc; Cms Energy. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Benzene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities; Petroleum. 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: Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant; Ees Coke Battery LLC; Dte Electric Co - Trenton Channel Power Plant; Dte Electric Company- River Rouge Power Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc; Republic Services Inc; Cms Energy. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Benzene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities; Petroleum.
Dte Energy Co ranks #99 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Dte Energy Co's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Michigan), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. Releases are facility-concentrated: Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant accounts for most of Dte Energy Co's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Dte Energy Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc; Republic Services Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Dte Energy Co sits among TRI parents
Dte Energy Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and US Ecology Inc and Republic Services Inc and Cms Energy. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #97 · 53.0M lbs
- US Ecology Inc · rank #98 · 39.8M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Republic Services Inc · rank #100 · 16.3M lbs
- Cms Energy · rank #101 · 14.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Dte Energy Co
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Benzene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
Facilities (6)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant China Township, MI | 13.3M lbs |
| Ees Coke Battery LLC River Rouge, MI | 1.9M lbs |
| Dte Electric Co - Trenton Channel Power Plant Trenton, MI | 1.5M lbs |
| Dte Electric Company- River Rouge Power Plant River Rouge, MI | 216.2K lbs |
| Dte Electric Company-Fermi Power Plant Newport, MI | 12.8K lbs |
| Dte Electric Co - Greenwood Energy Center Avoca, MI | 2 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Dte Energy Co on total disclosed release pounds (16.9M lbs) and reporting facility count (6). Release-volume peers include Westlake Corp, Quikrete Holdings, Sdw Holdings Corp. Facility-count peers include Abbott Laboratories, Agribeef Co, Allnex USA 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 Michigan; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Dte Energy Co's TRI parent record
From Dte Energy Co, open Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Dte Energy Co (Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant in MI). Largest facility
- Compare against US Ecology Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Dte Energy Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, US Ecology Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Dte Energy Co'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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