TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant

Total reported releases 3.3M lb held roughly steady year over year (+1%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

13999 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, Becker, Minnesota · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Xcel Energy

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 3.3M.7.2M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'243.3M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

Manganese And Manganese Compounds at Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Barium And Barium Compounds

Barium And Barium Compounds at Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N040

Barium And Barium Compounds

2.6M lb · +2% YoY

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

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

317k lb · -4% YoY

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

GENERALCAS N770

Vanadium compounds

76k lb · -12% YoY

Vanadium compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

75k lb · -8% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have fallen 46% since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper And Copper Compounds

68k lb · -5% YoY

Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have fallen 49% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

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

31k lb · -2% YoY

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have fallen 38% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 7647-01-0

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

25k lb · +27% YoY

Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations are up 24% since 2010.

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

22k lb · -12% YoY

Lead And Lead Compounds 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 (3 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 4,958. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
7.7%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
4.4%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
6.3%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
10.8%

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.