Vistra Corp
13 facilities · 3 states · 41.2M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Vistra Corp is the reported parent of 13 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 41.2M lbs of toxic releases. 12 of 226 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (25.4M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Vistra Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Vistra Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-33.3%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-41.7%
7.9 million lb → 4.6 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 4 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Vistra Corp's total reported releases fell from 6.9 million lb in 2022 to 4.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vistra Corp's water releases fell from 20.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vistra Corp's land releases fell from 5.1 million lb in 2022 to 3.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vistra Corp's air releases fell from 1.8 million lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Vistra Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Oak Grove Steam Electric Station; Martin Lake Steam Electric Station & Lignite Mine; Edwards Power Station; Newton Energy Center. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc; Valero Energy Corp; Republic Services Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Manganese compounds; Barium And Barium Compounds; Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Illinois; Ohio. 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: Oak Grove Steam Electric Station; Martin Lake Steam Electric Station & Lignite Mine; Edwards Power Station; Newton Energy Center. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc; Valero Energy Corp; Republic Services Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Manganese compounds; Barium And Barium Compounds; Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Illinois; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Vistra Corp ranks #48 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Vistra Corp files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Vistra Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 13 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Vistra Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc; Valero Energy Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Vistra Corp sits among TRI parents
Vistra Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Targa Resources Corp and Ineos US I Inc and Valero Energy Corp and Republic Services Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Targa Resources Corp · rank #46 · 105.5M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #47 · 94.2M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Valero Energy Corp · rank #49 · 35.2M lbs
- Republic Services Inc · rank #50 · 34.6M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Vistra Corp
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Manganese compounds; Barium And Barium Compounds; Hydrogen fluoride lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Oak Grove Steam Electric Station. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 14.0M lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 5.7M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 4.4M lbs |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 4.3M lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 2.8M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7 | 25.4M lbs |
| Illinois | 4 | 9.5M lbs |
| Ohio | 2 | 6.4M lbs |
Facilities (13)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Oak Grove Steam Electric Station Franklin, TX | 13.8M lbs |
| Martin Lake Steam Electric Station & Lignite Mine Tatum, TX | 10.1M lbs |
| Edwards Power Station Bartonville, IL | 4.0M lbs |
| Newton Energy Center Newton, IL | 3.9M lbs |
| Miami Fort Power Co LLC North Bend, OH | 3.5M lbs |
| Zimmer Power Co LLC Moscow, OH | 2.8M lbs |
| Coleto Creek Power Station Fannin, TX | 1.5M lbs |
| Kincaid Power Station Kincaid, IL | 1.1M lbs |
| Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL | 530.9K lbs |
| Lake Hubbard Steam Electric Station Mesquite, TX | 994 lbs |
| Morgan Creek Steam Electric Station Colorado City, TX | 0 lbs |
| Graham Steam Electric Station Graham, TX | 0 lbs |
| Stryker Creek Steam Electric Station Jacksonville, TX | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Vistra Corp on total disclosed release pounds (41.2M lbs) and reporting facility count (13). Release-volume peers include Lyondellbasell Finance Co, Ineos Enterprises US Holdco LLC, Coeur Mining Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Inc, Ati Inc, Axalta Coating Systems 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 Texas, Illinois, Ohio; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Vistra Corp's TRI parent record
From Vistra Corp, open Oak Grove Steam Electric Station or compare against Targa Resources Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Vistra Corp (Oak Grove Steam Electric Station in TX). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Vistra Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Targa Resources Corp, Ineos US I Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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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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