EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station
Bedford, KY · Parent: Ppl Corp
- Total releases
- 6.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 31
- Carcinogens
- 10
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
MIXED Form-R mix
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station: how the 6.2M lbs splits
6.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 3.1M lbs 50.2%
- Air Releases 2.8M lbs 44.6%
- Water Discharges 320.3K lbs 5.2%
- Off-site Transfers 25 lbs <0.1%
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station's 6.2M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - land disposal is 50.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 44.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
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 CARC-LEAN
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bedford, KY, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 1.2M lbs of releases across 20 chemicals in 2023, and 6.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 338 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station is pounds #8 and chemical-count #7 at 6.2M lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dow Silicones Corp; Arvin Sango Inc; Bluegrass Generating Station; Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Kentucky: Walleye Power LLC - Bay Shore Plant; Merom Generating Station; Duke Energy Indiana Inc. Cayuga Generating Station; Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station. Other Ppl Corp sites in this extract: Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station; Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Mill Creek Station; Kentucky Utilities Co. - E. W. Brown Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Bedford, KY: 6.2M lbs across 31 chemicals (10 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment land disposal at 50.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Walleye Power LLC - Bay Shore Plant and Merom Generating Station.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.2M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station inside Trimble's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station reports the 63rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 12.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Trimble. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Walleye Power LLC - Bay Shore Plant and Merom Generating Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Trimble's reported pounds (6.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station's total reported releases fell from 1.4 million lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station's air releases fell from 629.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 257.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station's land releases rose from 702.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 841.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station's water releases rose from 72.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 78.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 3% (1.2M lbs to 1.2M lbs).
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 3% 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: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.2M lbs | 20 |
| 2020 | 1.2M lbs | 20 |
| 2021 | 1.2M lbs | 20 |
| 2022 | 1.4M lbs | 20 |
| 2023 | 1.2M lbs | 20 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 10 of 31 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station in Trimble
Nearest TRI Facilities to Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Dow Silicones Corp, Arvin Sango Inc, Bluegrass Generating Station, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Walleye Power LLC - Bay Shore Plant, Merom Generating Station, Duke Energy Indiana Inc. Cayuga Generating Station.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station on cumulative reported pounds (6.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (31). Release-pound peers include Kraton Corp, Domtar Paper Co, Marigold Mining Co. Chemical-count peers include Sappi N.a. Inc. - Somerset Operations, Mount Storm Power Station, Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant. 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).
- Sappi N.a. Inc. - Somerset Operations Skowhegan, ME · Paper 31 chemicals
- Mount Storm Power Station Mount Storm, WV · Electric Utilities 31 chemicals
- Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant Crystal River, FL · Electric Utilities 31 chemicals
- Indorama Ventures Decatur, AL · Chemicals 31 chemicals
Other Ppl Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station, Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Mill Creek Station, Kentucky Utilities Co. - E. W. Brown 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 Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Vanadium compounds; nearby reporters include Dow Silicones Corp. Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bedford, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 100% of Trimble TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kraton Corp (Δ 9.6K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. - Trimble County Station stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (land disposal leads at 50.2%). 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