EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant
Waterbury, CT · Parent: Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant
- Total releases
- 5.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant: how the 6.8K lbs splits
6.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 6.8K lbs 100.0%
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant's 6.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waterbury, CT, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 1.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 5.1K lbs in total across its 2021-2024 reporting years. That ranks 11,164 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Connecticut's 240 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant is pounds #102 and chemical-count #194 at 5.1K lbs. Clean Harbors of Connecticut Inc leads reported pounds (1.5M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Allnex USA Inc. Wallingford Ct Site leads chemical count at 19 chemicals (436.7K lbs, pounds #3). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Waterbury Plating Llc.; Ati Flat Rolled Products Holdings LLC; Wieland Rolled Products N.a. - Waterbury Facility; Hubbard-Hall Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Connecticut: Kendall Green Energy LLC; Dartmouth Power Associates L.P.; Kalaeloa Cogeneration Plant; Whitewater Valley Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.1K lbs (2021–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kendall Green Energy LLC and Dartmouth Power Associates L.P..
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.1K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant reports the 393rd-largest volume (5.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Connecticut include Kendall Green Energy LLC and Dartmouth Power Associates L.P..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant's total reported releases fell from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant's air releases fell from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2024, total releases increased by 13% (1.5K lbs to 1.7K lbs).
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2021–2024
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 13% from 2021 to 2024). 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 1.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 6.8K lbs | - |
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant
Closest other reporters in Connecticut - including Waterbury Plating Llc., Ati Flat Rolled Products Holdings LLC, Wieland Rolled Products N.a. - Waterbury Facility, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Connecticut - e.g. Kendall Green Energy LLC, Dartmouth Power Associates L.P., Kalaeloa Cogeneration Plant.
Compare beyond Connecticut
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant on cumulative reported pounds (5.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Roper Pump Co, Dow Silicones Corp Auburn Site, Flex-N-Gate Rockford. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Waterbury Plating Llc.. Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waterbury, CT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2024 (4 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.2% of New Haven TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Roper Pump Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Waterbury Peaking Elec Generating Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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