East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc
4 facilities · 1 state · 8.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 8.5M lbs of toxic releases. 10 of 45 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Kentucky (8.5M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-25.8%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-25.8%
1.8 million lb → 1.3 million 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.
- East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc's total reported releases fell from 1.8 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc's off-site transfers fell from 27 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc's water releases fell from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc's land releases fell from 1.4 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Spurlock Power Station; John S Cooper Power Station; E. Kentucky Power Corp. - J.k. Smith Power Station; Bluegrass Generating Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp; Perdue Farms Inc; Global Win Capital Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds; Manganese And 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: Spurlock Power Station; John S Cooper Power Station; E. Kentucky Power Corp. - J.k. Smith Power Station; Bluegrass Generating Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp; Perdue Farms Inc; Global Win Capital Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc ranks #178 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc'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: Spurlock Power Station accounts for most of East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp; Perdue Farms Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc sits among TRI parents
East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ppl Corp and Big Rivers Electric Corp and Perdue Farms Inc and Global Win Capital Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Ppl Corp · rank #176 · 25.6M lbs
- Big Rivers Electric Corp · rank #177 · 12.8M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Perdue Farms Inc · rank #179 · 6.8M lbs
- Global Win Capital Corp · rank #180 · 6.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc
Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Spurlock Power Station. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Manganese compounds | 1.4M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 848.1K lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 826.0K lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | 690.7K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 621.8K lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Spurlock Power Station Maysville, KY | 8.4M lbs |
| John S Cooper Power Station Somerset, KY | 112.2K lbs |
| E. Kentucky Power Corp. - J.k. Smith Power Station Winchester, KY | 1.1K lbs |
| Bluegrass Generating Station La Grange, KY | 14 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc on total disclosed release pounds (8.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LLC, Chs Inc, Alliant Energy Corp. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. 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 Kentucky; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc's TRI parent record
From East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc, open Spurlock Power Station or compare against Ppl Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc (Spurlock Power Station in KY). Largest facility
- Compare against Big Rivers Electric Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ppl Corp, Big Rivers Electric Corp) 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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