Great River Energy
3 facilities · 2 states · 1.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Great River Energy is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 1.5M lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 15 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Dakota (1.5M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Great River Energy, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Great River Energy: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-69.3%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-69.3%
441.7 thousand lb → 135.7 thousand 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.
- Great River Energy's total reported releases fell from 441.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 135.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great River Energy's off-site transfers fell from 400.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 110.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great River Energy's air releases fell from 16.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great River Energy's chemicals reported fell from 9 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Great River Energy from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station; Lakefield Junction Station; Great River Energy Pleasant Valley Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Basin Electric; Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc; American Crystal Sugar Co; Mdu Resources Group Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Dakota; Minnesota. 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: Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station; Lakefield Junction Station; Great River Energy Pleasant Valley Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Basin Electric; Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc; American Crystal Sugar Co; Mdu Resources Group Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Dakota; Minnesota. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Great River Energy ranks #526 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Great River Energy files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station accounts for most of Great River Energy's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Great River Energy follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Basin Electric; Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc; American Crystal Sugar Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Great River Energy sits among TRI parents
Great River Energy sits on a disclosure ladder beside Basin Electric and Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc and American Crystal Sugar Co and Mdu Resources Group Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Basin Electric · rank #524 · 167.8M lbs
- Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc · rank #525 · 27.5M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- American Crystal Sugar Co · rank #527 · 1.1M lbs
- Mdu Resources Group Inc · rank #528 · 1.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Great River Energy
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Ammonia lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 718.1K lbs |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 439.1K lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 139.3K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 109.1K lbs |
| Ammonia | 59.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 1 | 1.5M lbs |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station Spiritwood, ND | 1.5M lbs |
| Lakefield Junction Station Trimont, MN | 0 lbs |
| Great River Energy Pleasant Valley Station Dexter, MN | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Great River Energy on total disclosed release pounds (1.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include General Shale Brick Inc., Magna US Holding Inc, Collins Pine Co. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy 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 North Dakota, Minnesota; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Great River Energy's TRI parent record
From Great River Energy, open Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station or compare against Basin Electric rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Great River Energy (Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station in ND). Largest facility
- Compare against Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Great River Energy sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Basin Electric, Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Great River Energy'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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