EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station
Kaunakakai, HI · Parent: Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 217 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station: how the 217 lbs splits
217 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 217 lbs 100.0%
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station's 217 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: Naphthalene.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kaunakakai, HI, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 42 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 217 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,777 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Hawaii's 36 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station is pounds #33 and chemical-count #31 at 217 lbs. Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Kahe Generating Station leads reported pounds (3.2M lbs) at 11 chemicals (chemical-count #5). Par Hawaii Refining LLC leads chemical count at 27 chemicals (841.7K lbs, pounds #5). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Maui Electric Co Ltd Miki Basin Generating Station; Maui Electric Co Ltd Kahului Generating Station; Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station; US Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Hawaii: Stock Island Power Plant; Prepa-Yabucoa Gas Turbines Pow Er Plant; Richard M Flynn Power Plant; Virginia Public Utilities. Other Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc sites in this extract: Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Kahe Generating Station; Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Waiau Generating Station; Maui Electric Co Ltd Kahului Generating Station; Hill Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Naphthalene; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 217 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Stock Island Power Plant and Prepa-Yabucoa Gas Turbines Pow Er Plant.
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
217 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station in the Electric Utilities sector extract
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station reports the 428th-largest volume (217 lbs). Scale peers outside Hawaii include Stock Island Power Plant and Prepa-Yabucoa Gas Turbines Pow Er Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 217 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 5% (44 lbs to 42 lbs).
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 5% 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: Naphthalene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 44 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 43 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 43 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 43 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 42 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Naphthalene | 210 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 7 lbs | Carcinogen |
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Hawaii - including Maui Electric Co Ltd Miki Basin Generating Station, Maui Electric Co Ltd Kahului Generating Station, Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Hawaii - e.g. Stock Island Power Plant, Prepa-Yabucoa Gas Turbines Pow Er Plant, Richard M Flynn Power Plant.
Other Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Kahe Generating Station, Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Waiau Generating Station, Maui Electric Co Ltd Kahului Generating Station.
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 Naphthalene, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Maui Electric Co Ltd Miki Basin Generating Station. Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Naphthalene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kaunakakai, HI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.0% of Maui TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Harrisburg Ps (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Maui Electric Co Ltd Palaau Generating Station stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Naphthalene. 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