Southern Co Co-Owned
2 facilities · 1 state · 5.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Southern Co Co-Owned is the reported parent of 2 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 5.1M lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 45 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Georgia (5.1M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Southern Co Co-Owned, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Southern Co Co-Owned: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-35.4%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-57.6%
1.1 million lb → 468.0 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.
- Southern Co Co-Owned's total reported releases fell from 724.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 468.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southern Co Co-Owned's land releases fell from 697.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 439.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southern Co Co-Owned's water releases rose from 8.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southern Co Co-Owned's air releases fell from 18.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 18.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Southern Co Co-Owned from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant; Wansley Steam Electric Generating Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Basf Corp; International Paper Co; Koch Foods Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vanadium compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Georgia. 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: Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant; Wansley Steam Electric Generating Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Basf Corp; International Paper Co; Koch Foods Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vanadium compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Georgia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Southern Co Co-Owned ranks #259 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Southern Co Co-Owned's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Georgia), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. Releases are facility-concentrated: Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant accounts for most of Southern Co Co-Owned's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Southern Co Co-Owned follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Basf Corp; International Paper Co; Koch Foods Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Southern Co Co-Owned sits among TRI parents
Southern Co Co-Owned sits on a disclosure ladder beside Basf Corp and International Paper Co and Koch Foods Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Basf Corp · rank #257 · 24.7M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #258 · 24.7M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Koch Foods Inc · rank #260 · 3.8M lbs
- Archer Daniels Midland Co · rank #261 · 3.7M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Southern Co Co-Owned
Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vanadium compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 1.6M lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 1.5M lbs |
| Ammonia | 680.4K lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 510.4K lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | 151.0K lbs |
Facilities (2)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant Juliette, GA | 3.7M lbs |
| Wansley Steam Electric Generating Plant Carrollton, GA | 1.5M lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Southern Co Co-Owned on total disclosed release pounds (5.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (2). Release-volume peers include The Scotts Miracle Gro Co LLC, Intertape Polymer Group, Ferroglobe 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.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Georgia; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Southern Co Co-Owned's TRI parent record
From Southern Co Co-Owned, open Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant or compare against Basf Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Southern Co Co-Owned (Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant in GA). Largest facility
- Compare against International Paper Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Southern Co Co-Owned sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Basf Corp, International Paper Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Southern Co Co-Owned'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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