EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant
Fountain, CO · Parent: Colorado Springs Utilities
- Total releases
- 882.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 16
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant: how the 882.6K lbs splits
882.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 836.7K lbs 94.8%
- Air Releases 46.0K lbs 5.2%
- Off-site Transfers 11 lbs <0.1%
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant's 882.6K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 94.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fountain, CO, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 162.6K lbs of releases across 11 chemicals in 2023, and 882.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,413 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Colorado's 277 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant is pounds #18 and chemical-count #8 at 882.6K lbs. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co leads reported pounds (22.9M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #13). Suncor Energy Commerce City Refinery leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (460.2K lbs, pounds #24). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pavestone - Colorado Springs Co Plant; US Army Fort Carson (cantonment); Schlage Lock Co LLC; Martin Marietta - Hwy 85 Facility. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Colorado: Okeechobee Clean Energy Center; Salt River Project Navajo Generating Station; Clover Power Station; Red-Rochester LLC - Eastman Business Park. Other Colorado Springs Utilities sites in this extract: Colorado Springs Utilities Martin Drake Power Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Vanadium compounds; Zinc compounds.
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (94.8% land disposal) across 16 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 882.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Okeechobee Clean Energy Center and Salt River Project Navajo Generating Station.
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
883K lbs Top 5% higher than 95% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant: Barium And Barium Compounds-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant reports the 195th-largest volume (882.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium And Barium Compounds alone is 75.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Colorado include Okeechobee Clean Energy Center and Salt River Project Navajo Generating Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Barium And Barium Compounds at 75.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant's total reported releases rose from 93.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 162.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant's land releases rose from 85.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 156.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant's air releases fell from 8.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
3759112.9× more than the comparison
16.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 882.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 24% (214.3K lbs to 162.6K lbs).
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 24% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Barium And Barium Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 214.3K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 250.3K lbs | 12 |
| 2021 | 161.6K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 93.8K lbs | 11 |
| 2023 | 162.6K lbs | 11 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 16 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 669.1K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 60.4K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 26.8K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 24.0K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 19.3K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 18.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 18.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 16.1K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 12.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 8.5K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 3.4K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 2.9K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 2.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 219 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant
Closest other reporters in Colorado - including Pavestone - Colorado Springs Co Plant, US Army Fort Carson (cantonment), Schlage Lock Co LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 276 other reporting facilities in Colorado.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Colorado - e.g. Okeechobee Clean Energy Center, Salt River Project Navajo Generating Station, Clover Power Station.
Compare beyond Colorado
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant on cumulative reported pounds (882.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (16). Release-pound peers include Sterling Specialty Chemicals LLC, Par Montana Billings Refinery, Arauco Na Grayling Particleboard. Chemical-count peers include Surpass Chemical Co. Inc., The Federal Metal Co, Wheelabrator Frackville Energy Co Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Sterling Specialty Chemicals LLC Mobile, AL · Chemicals 882.2K lbs reported
- Par Montana Billings Refinery Billings, MT · Petroleum 881.7K lbs reported
- Arauco Na Grayling Particleboard Grayling, MI · Wood Products 885.1K lbs reported
- Corteva Agriscience LLC - Midland Midland, MI · Chemicals 885.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Colorado Springs Utilities Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Colorado Springs Utilities Martin Drake Power Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Barium And Barium Compounds, Ammonia, Vanadium compounds, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Pavestone - Colorado Springs Co Plant. Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant TRI extract (MID · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium And Barium Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fountain, CO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 20.8% of El Paso TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sterling Specialty Chemicals LLC (Δ 422 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium And Barium Compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov