Operating power plants in the United States
Every operating U.S. power plant with at least 1 MW of generating capacity, from the EIA's monthly generator inventory (Form EIA-860M): location, operator, main technology, capacity and first year online. One row per plant, summed from its generators.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant_id | EIA plant ID | integer | EIA plant code. |
| plant_name | Plant | string | — |
| state | State | string | Two-letter U.S. state or territory code. |
| county | County | string | — |
| operator | Operator | string | Entity operating the largest share of the plant's capacity. |
| sector | Sector | string | EIA sector of the main operator, e.g. Electric Utility, IPP Non-CHP, Industrial CHP. |
| primary_technology | Primary technology | string | EIA technology with the most nameplate capacity at the plant. |
| primary_energy_source | Primary energy source | string | EIA energy source code with the most capacity (e.g. NG natural gas, SUN solar, WND wind, NUC nuclear, BIT bituminous coal, WAT water, MWH battery). |
| technologies | All technologies | string | Every technology at the plant, largest first. |
| generators | Generators | integer | Number of operating generators. |
| nameplate_mw | Nameplate capacity | number · MW | Sum of generator nameplate capacity. |
| summer_mw | Net summer capacity | number · MW | Sum of net summer capacity. |
| battery_mwh | Battery energy | number · MWh | Sum of nameplate energy capacity of battery and other storage generators, where reported. |
| first_year | First unit online | year | Operating year of the plant's oldest operating generator. |
| latest_year | Newest unit online | year | Operating year of the plant's newest generator. |
| lat | Latitude | number | — |
| lon | Longitude | number | — |
| as_of | Inventory month | date | Month of the EIA-860M inventory. |
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