TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Sandy Creek Energy Station

Total reported releases 1.3M lb rose modestly year over year (+7%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 36% since 2013.

2161 RATTLESNAKE RD, Riesel, Texas · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Sandy Creek Services LLC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20132024
Bar chart of annual values from 2013 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 1.3M.3.5M'13'15'17'19'21'23'241.3M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Manganese compounds

Manganese compounds releases at Sandy Creek Energy Station rose from 26k lb to 68k lb (2.6×) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Zinc compounds

Zinc compounds at Sandy Creek Energy Station have more than halved since 2013 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N040

Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

931k lb · +6% YoY

Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations have fallen 42% since 2013.

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

108k lb · -30% YoY

Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese compounds

68k lb · +161% YoY

Manganese compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2013.

GENERALCAS N770

Vanadium compounds

39k lb · +8% YoY

Vanadium compounds concentrations have fallen 47% since 2013.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper compounds

28k lb · +6% YoY

Copper compounds concentrations have fallen 43% since 2013.

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

24k lb · +16% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2013.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

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

18k lb · +68% YoY

Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have fallen 36% since 2013.

CARCINOGENCAS N495

Nickel compounds

16k lb · +104% YoY

Nickel compounds concentrations have fallen 30% since 2013.

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 1,531. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
33.8%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
16.6%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
10.2%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
14.0%

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.