Ppl Corp
4 facilities · 1 state · 25.6M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Ppl Corp is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 25.6M lbs of toxic releases. 11 of 117 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Kentucky (25.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Ppl Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Ppl Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-23.4%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-23.4%
5.4 million lb → 4.2 million lb, every facility that filed
- Ppl Corp's total reported releases fell from 5.4 million lb in 2022 to 4.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppl Corp's air releases fell from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppl Corp's water releases rose from 181.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 230.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppl Corp's chemicals reported fell from 22 in 2022 to 21 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Ppl Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station; Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station; Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Mill Creek Station; Kentucky Utilities Co. - E. W. Brown Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Big Rivers Electric Corp; East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vanadium compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Zinc compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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: Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station; Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station; Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Mill Creek Station; Kentucky Utilities Co. - E. W. Brown Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Big Rivers Electric Corp; East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vanadium compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Zinc compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Ppl Corp ranks #73 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Ppl Corp's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Kentucky), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. Ppl Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 4 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Ppl Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Big Rivers Electric Corp; East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Ppl Corp sits among TRI parents
Ppl Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Big Rivers Electric Corp and East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Big Rivers Electric Corp · rank #74 · 12.8M lbs
- East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc · rank #75 · 8.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Ppl Corp
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vanadium compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Zinc compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station Ghent, KY | 12.4M lbs |
| Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station Bedford, KY | 6.2M lbs |
| Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Mill Creek Station Louisville, KY | 5.8M lbs |
| Kentucky Utilities Co. - E. W. Brown Station Harrodsburg, KY | 1.2M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Ppl Corp on total disclosed release pounds (25.6M lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Westrock Co, Ecobat LLC, Bunge N.a. Inc. 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 Ppl Corp's TRI parent record
From Ppl Corp, open Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station or compare against Big Rivers Electric Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Ppl Corp (Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station in KY). Largest facility
- Compare against Big Rivers Electric Corp, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Ppl Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Big Rivers Electric Corp, East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Ppl 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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