EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Brame Energy Center
Lena, LA · Parent: Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC
- Total releases
- 2.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Brame Energy Center: how the 2.4M lbs splits
2.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.6M lbs 67.0%
- Land Disposal 770.7K lbs 32.4%
- Water Discharges 14.1K lbs 0.6%
Brame Energy Center's 2.4M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 67.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 32.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen fluoride.
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
Brame Energy Center is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lena, LA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 393.2K lbs of releases across 17 chemicals in 2023, and 2.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 768 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Louisiana's 417 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Brame Energy Center is pounds #55 and chemical-count #57 at 2.4M lbs. Bayer Cropscience LP leads reported pounds (81.9M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #52). Eco-Services Operations leads chemical count at 68 chemicals (163.5K lbs, pounds #136). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Boise Cascade Wood Products Alexandria Ewp; Union Tank Car - Alexandria Manufacturing Facility; Chopin Mill; Rinker Alexandria Pipe. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Louisiana: Pacificorp Naughton Plant; Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant; Oge Energy Corp River Valley Generating Station; Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant. Other Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC sites in this extract: Dolet Hills Power Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen fluoride; Ammonia; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds.
Brame Energy Center is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Lena, LA: 2.4M lbs across 17 chemicals (3 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 67.0%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pacificorp Naughton Plant and Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant.
Brame Energy Center vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.4M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Brame Energy Center inside Rapides Parish's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Brame Energy Center reports the 135th-largest volume (2.4M lbs). This one site accounts for 83.3% of every pound reported in Rapides Parish. Scale peers outside Louisiana include Pacificorp Naughton Plant and Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Rapides Parish's reported pounds (2.9M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Brame Energy Center's total reported releases fell from 502.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 393.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brame Energy Center's land releases fell from 162.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 125.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brame Energy Center's air releases fell from 337.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 264.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brame Energy Center's chemicals reported rose from 16 in 2022 to 17 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Brame Energy Center Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Brame Energy Center releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 20% (490.3K lbs to 393.2K lbs).
Brame Energy Center: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 0
What this shows Brame Energy Center year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 20% 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: Hydrogen fluoride.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 490.3K lbs | 16 |
| 2020 | 383.5K lbs | 16 |
| 2021 | 606.3K lbs | 16 |
| 2022 | 502.6K lbs | 16 |
| 2023 | 393.2K lbs | 17 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 17 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen fluoride | 905.3K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 412.5K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 360.5K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 310.0K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 184.3K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 76.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 42.9K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 25.5K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 19.1K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 17.7K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 7.9K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 7.5K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 5.9K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 253 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 11 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Brame Energy Center in Rapides Parish
Nearest TRI Facilities to Brame Energy Center
Closest other reporters in Louisiana - including Boise Cascade Wood Products Alexandria Ewp, Union Tank Car - Alexandria Manufacturing Facility, Chopin Mill, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 416 other reporting facilities in Louisiana.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Louisiana - e.g. Pacificorp Naughton Plant, Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant, Oge Energy Corp River Valley Generating Station.
Compare beyond Louisiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Brame Energy Center on cumulative reported pounds (2.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include Eden Custom Processing LLC, Amalgamated Sugar Co, Koppers Performance Chemicals. Chemical-count peers include Astro Chemicals Inc, Doremus Terminal LLC, Rq Resins 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).
Other Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dolet Hills Power 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 Hydrogen fluoride, Ammonia, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Vanadium compounds; nearby reporters include Boise Cascade Wood Products Alexandria Ewp. Brame Energy Center 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 Brame Energy Center TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Brame Energy Center totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lena, LA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 83.3% of Rapides Parish TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Eden Custom Processing LLC (Δ 1.0K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Brame Energy Center stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 67.0%). 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