EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Kincaid Power Station
Kincaid, IL · Parent: Vistra Corp
- Total releases
- 1.1M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 20
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Kincaid Power Station: how the 1.1M lbs splits
1.1M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 590.5K lbs 53.9%
- Air Releases 317.4K lbs 29.0%
- Land Disposal 187.0K lbs 17.1%
- Water Discharges 559 lbs 0.1%
Kincaid Power Station's 1.1M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 53.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 29.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
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.
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway TRACE-CARC
Kincaid Power Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kincaid, IL, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 111.3K lbs of releases across 13 chemicals in 2023, and 1.1M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,229 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Kincaid Power Station is pounds #47 and chemical-count #19 at 1.1M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Gsi Group; Ahlstrom Filtration LLC; City Water Light & Power City of Springfield; Gsi Group LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Illinois: E. C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant; Rm Heskett Station; Ecoelectrica LP; Duke Energy Progress LLC - Smith Energy Complex. Other Vistra Corp sites in this extract: Oak Grove Steam Electric Station; Martin Lake Steam Electric Station & Lignite Mine; Newton Energy Center; Miami Fort Power Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Hydrogen fluoride; Barium And Barium Compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Kincaid Power Station is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Kincaid, IL: 1.1M lbs across 20 chemicals (2 carcinogen-classified, TRACE-CARC). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 53.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include E. C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant and Rm Heskett Station.
Kincaid Power Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.1M 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
Kincaid Power Station inside Christian's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Kincaid Power Station reports the 179th-largest volume (1.1M lbs). This one site accounts for 51.4% of every pound reported in Christian. Scale peers outside Illinois include E. C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant and Rm Heskett Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Christian's reported pounds (2.1M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Kincaid Power Station's total reported releases fell from 134.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 111.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kincaid Power Station's air releases fell from 80.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 51.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kincaid Power Station's land releases rose from 53.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 59.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kincaid Power Station's chemicals reported fell from 14 in 2022 to 13 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Kincaid Power Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kincaid Power Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.1M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 83% (656.8K lbs to 111.3K lbs).
Kincaid Power Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Kincaid Power Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 83% 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 compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 656.8K lbs | 15 |
| 2020 | 36.5K lbs | 14 |
| 2021 | 156.5K lbs | 14 |
| 2022 | 134.3K lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 111.3K lbs | 13 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 20 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 574.0K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 183.6K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 101.5K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 94.4K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 34.8K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 26.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 26.6K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 22.4K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 17.7K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 4.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 4.3K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 3.5K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 815 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 166 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 62 lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 11 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 10 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 8 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Kincaid Power Station in Christian
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kincaid Power Station
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Gsi Group, Ahlstrom Filtration LLC, City Water Light & Power City of Springfield, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. E. C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant, Rm Heskett Station, Ecoelectrica LP.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kincaid Power Station on cumulative reported pounds (1.1M lbs) and distinct chemical count (20). Release-pound peers include Blacks Fork Gas Plant, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Ozark Mountain Technologies LLC DBA Lmi Aerospace. Chemical-count peers include Pixelle Specialty Solutions, Chemours Chambers Works, Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C.. 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.
- Blacks Fork Gas Plant Granger, WY · Natural Gas Processing 1.1M lbs reported
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Tupelo, MS · Plastics and Rubber 1.1M lbs reported
- Ozark Mountain Technologies LLC DBA Lmi Aerospace Cuba, MO · Fabricated Metals 1.1M lbs reported
- Valero Refining Co - Tennessee L.L.C. Memphis, TN · Petroleum 1.1M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Vistra Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Oak Grove Steam Electric Station, Martin Lake Steam Electric Station & Lignite Mine, Newton Energy Center.
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 compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Hydrogen fluoride, Barium And Barium Compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Gsi Group. Kincaid Power Station stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED 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 Kincaid Power Station TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kincaid Power Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kincaid, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 51.4% of Christian TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Blacks Fork Gas Plant (Δ 1.4K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kincaid Power Station stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 53.9%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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