Xcel Energy
9 facilities · 4 states · 43.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Xcel Energy is the reported parent of 9 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 43.1M lbs of toxic releases. 7 of 159 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Minnesota (22.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Xcel Energy, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Xcel Energy: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-14.6%
8 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-14.6%
8.6 million lb → 7.3 million lb, every facility that filed
- Xcel Energy's total reported releases fell from 8.6 million lb in 2022 to 7.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Xcel Energy's off-site transfers fell from 478.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 375.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Xcel Energy's land releases fell from 7.8 million lb in 2022 to 6.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Xcel Energy's air releases fell from 319.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 289.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Xcel Energy from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant; Public Service Co of Colorado Comanche Station; Public Service Co of Colorado Pawnee Station; Public Service Co of Colorado Hayden Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Allete Inc; Chs 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; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Colorado; Wisconsin. 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: Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant; Public Service Co of Colorado Comanche Station; Public Service Co of Colorado Pawnee Station; Public Service Co of Colorado Hayden Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Allete Inc; Chs 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; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Colorado; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Xcel Energy ranks #45 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Xcel Energy files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Xcel Energy's disclosed pounds are spread across 9 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Xcel Energy follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Allete Inc; Chs Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Xcel Energy sits among TRI parents
Xcel Energy sits on a disclosure ladder beside Allete Inc and Chs Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Allete Inc · rank #46 · 11.9M lbs
- Chs Inc · rank #47 · 6.6M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Xcel Energy
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Zinc compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 20.6M lbs |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 12.6M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 2.5M lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.4M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 1.4M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 2 | 22.8M lbs |
| Colorado | 3 | 18.1M lbs |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 1.4M lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 784.0K lbs |
Facilities (9)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant Becker, MN | 21.5M lbs |
| Public Service Co of Colorado Comanche Station Pueblo, CO | 8.8M lbs |
| Public Service Co of Colorado Pawnee Station Brush, CO | 5.1M lbs |
| Public Service Co of Colorado Hayden Station Hayden, CO | 4.3M lbs |
| Xcel Energy A. S. King Generating Plant Bayport, MN | 1.3M lbs |
| French Island Plant La Crosse, WI | 709.3K lbs |
| Xcel Energy Bay Front Plant Ashland, WI | 672.8K lbs |
| Southwestern Public Service Co Harrington Station Amarillo, TX | 508.4K lbs |
| Southwestern Public Service Co Tolk Station Earth, TX | 275.6K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Xcel Energy on total disclosed release pounds (43.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (9). Release-volume peers include Coeur Mining Inc, Ineos Enterprises US Holdco LLC, Cargill Inc. Facility-count peers include Akzo Nobel Inc, Allied Aviation Holding Co, American Honda Motor Co 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 Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Xcel Energy's TRI parent record
From Xcel Energy, open Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant or compare against Allete Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Xcel Energy (Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant in MN). Largest facility
- Compare against Allete Inc, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Xcel Energy sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Allete Inc, Chs Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Xcel 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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