Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BETHLEHEM ENERGY CENTER
2254 APPLEBUTTER RD, BETHLEHEM, PA, 18015
Parent company: CALPINE CORP
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ammonia | Mercury | Mercury compounds | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 59,500 | — | — | — | — | 59,500 |
| 2023 | 36,304 | — | — | — | — | 36,304 |
| 2022 | 31,256 | — | — | 6 | — | 31,262 |
| 2021 | 28,322 | — | — | — | — | 28,322 |
| 2019 | 26,400 | — | — | — | — | 26,400 |
| 2018 | 48,254 | 15 | — | 0 | 0 | 48,269 |
| 2017 | 46,426 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 | 46,443 |
| 2016 | 51,434 | 18 | — | — | 0 | 51,452 |
| 2015 | 51,898 | 19 | — | 0 | 0 | 51,917 |
| 2014 | 44,310 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 | 44,326 |
| 2013 | 44,034 | 17 | — | 0 | 0 | 44,051 |
| 2012 | 41,560 | 20 | — | — | 0 | 41,580 |
| 2011 | 28,246 | 14 | — | — | 0 | 28,260 |
| 2010 | 21,480 | — | — | 0 | — | 21,480 |
| 2009 | 5,904 | — | — | 0 | — | 5,904 |
| 2008 | 8,180 | — | — | 0 | — | 8,180 |
| 2007 | 10,340 | — | — | 0 | — | 10,340 |
| 2006 | 3,915 | — | — | — | — | 3,915 |
| 2005 | 10,204 | — | — | 0 | — | 10,204 |
| 2004 | 7,305 | — | — | 0 | — | 7,305 |
| 2003 | 5,237 | — | 11 | 0 | — | 5,248 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.