TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Lawrence Energy Center

Total reported releases 105k lb fell sharply year over year (-54%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

1250 N 1800 RD, Lawrence, Kansas · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Evergy INC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 105k.1.3M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24105k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

N450

N450 releases at Lawrence Energy Center fell from 11k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

Barium And Barium Compounds

Barium And Barium Compounds releases at Lawrence Energy Center fell from 213k lb to 103k lb (52% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Lawrence Energy Center have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Barium And Barium Compounds

Barium And Barium Compounds at Lawrence Energy Center have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N040

Barium And Barium Compounds

103k lb · -52% YoY

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

RESPIRATORYCAS 7664-39-3

Hydrogen fluoride

1k lb · -55% YoY

Hydrogen fluoride concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

649 lb · -49% YoY

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

PBTCAS N458

Mercury And Mercury Compounds

18 lb · -50% YoY

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

PBTCAS N590

Polycyclic aromatic compounds

1 lb · -55% YoY

Polycyclic aromatic compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.

PBTCAS N150

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds

0 lb · -55% YoY

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (17 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 28,060. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
35.1%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
22.5%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
4.3%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
11.3%

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.