Facility detail

XCEL ENERGY SHERBURNE COUNTY GENERATING PLANT

13999 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, BECKER, MN, 55308

Parent company: XCEL ENERGY

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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 Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) Manganese compounds Barium And Barium Compounds Zinc compounds Vanadium compounds Total (lbs)
2024 — — 2,640,973 75,085 76,219 3,295,657
2023 — — 2,581,904 81,765 86,464 3,282,271
2022 — — 3,452,748 103,055 121,960 4,460,939
2021 3,195,361 514,716 — 91,725 109,325 4,158,334
2020 3,223,258 562,773 — 67,575 95,912 4,169,414
2019 4,192,182 736,743 — 80,685 117,213 5,403,698
2018 4,182,131 770,733 — 84,755 123,412 5,463,847
2017 3,752,119 661,749 — 80,215 125,235 4,885,130
2016 4,212,138 829,734 — 98,645 134,022 5,559,925
2015 4,721,948 889,635 — 116,435 151,497 6,174,262
2014 4,092,093 750,638 — 113,655 129,096 5,353,799
2013 3,004,510 411,012 — 80,960 100,250 3,783,402
2012 3,206,110 341,132 — 99,310 110,330 4,017,218
2011 5,608,430 791,838 — 144,910 183,470 7,188,974
2010 5,458,320 771,938 — 139,905 173,462 7,015,097
2009 5,832,370 823,030 — 150,805 189,490 7,482,552
2008 5,594,140 688,483 — 150,105 227,195 7,180,477
2007 6,905,490 761,815 — 150,510 213,620 8,579,991
2006 6,447,110 737,110 — 124,365 191,331 7,952,408
2005 5,648,510 656,596 — 103,475 191,431 7,007,175
2004 5,505,500 742,950 — 112,605 224,270 7,061,813
2003 5,683,760 857,465 — 458,620 230,365 8,066,228
2002 5,576,510 761,365 — 451,520 227,563 7,723,914
2001 5,371,510 727,165 — 401,320 214,720 7,386,065
2000 5,583,510 754,265 — 415,520 200,620 7,685,613
1999 5,288,010 674,065 — 415,120 — 7,116,230
1998 5,693,980 734,310 — 437,320 — 7,590,201

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