TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant

Total reported releases 440k lb fell modestly year over year (-6%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

10986 HWY 87, Juliette, Georgia · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Southern Co Co-Owned

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 440k.6.0M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24440k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Ammonia

Ammonia releases at Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant rose from 2k lb to 12k lb (5.9×) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Hydrogen fluoride

Hydrogen fluoride at Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Barium And Barium Compounds

Barium And Barium Compounds at Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N040

Barium And Barium Compounds

304k lb · -11% YoY

Barium And Barium Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

25k lb · -19% YoY

Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N770

Vanadium compounds

21k lb · +5% YoY

Vanadium compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper And Copper Compounds

15k lb · 0% YoY

Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

13k lb · +21% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

12k lb · +486% YoY

Ammonia concentrations have fallen 43% since 2011.

RESPIRATORYCAS 7664-39-3

Hydrogen fluoride

12k lb · +38% YoY

Hydrogen fluoride concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)

11k lb · -2% YoY

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,382. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
25.1%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
40.8%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
7.1%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
14.6%

Over age 64

Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.

Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.

What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.