TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Nipsco Michigan City Generating Station

Total reported releases 296k lb fell sharply year over year (-54%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

101 WABASH ST, Michigan City, Indiana · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Nisource INC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 296k.949k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24296k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Ammonia

Ammonia releases at Nipsco Michigan City Generating Station rose from 2k lb to 29k lb (12.8×) between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

Vanadium compounds

Vanadium compounds releases at Nipsco Michigan City Generating Station fell from 48k lb to 11k lb (76% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

Barium And Barium Compounds

Barium And Barium Compounds releases at Nipsco Michigan City Generating Station fell from 497k lb to 189k lb (62% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at Nipsco Michigan City Generating Station have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 6. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N040

Barium And Barium Compounds

189k lb · -62% YoY

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

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

29k lb · +1178% YoY

Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

28k lb · +10% YoY

Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations are up 70% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

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

13k lb · -5% YoY

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have fallen 27% since 2016.

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

12k lb · -41% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have fallen 12% since 2011.

GENERALCAS N770

Vanadium compounds

11k lb · -76% YoY

Vanadium compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper compounds

8k lb · -68% YoY

Copper compounds concentrations have fallen 38% since 2010.

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

5k lb · -49% YoY

Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations are up 42% since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (24 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 26,375. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
38.3%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
38.4%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
4.6%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
18.2%

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.