U.S. Electric Utility Generation, Sales, and Customer Data

Historical U.S. electric utility data from the Department of Energy, based on EIA Form-861. It includes information on generation, sales, revenues, customer counts, and demand-side management programs. The dataset was last updated in July 2021.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in customer counts and sales across different utility service classes.
• Model the relationship between distributed generation capacity and peak load reduction.
• Assess the adoption of green pricing and net metering programs over time.
• Evaluate energy efficiency and demand-side management program effects on annual energy consumption.

Strengths

• Based on the authoritative EIA Form-861 data collection from the U.S. Department of Energy.
• Covers multiple facets of the electric power industry, including generation, sales, customer data, and demand-side programs.
• Includes data on specialized programs like green pricing, net metering, and distributed generation.

Limitations

• The dataset's last update was in 2021, making the information potentially stale for current analysis.
• Specific data structure details like row count, column names, and file formats are unknown.
• The license is listed as 'other-pd', which may require specific review for commercial use.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, based on EIA Form-861 data.

Collection Method

Collected via mandatory utility reporting on EIA Form-861.

Time Range

Historical, specific range unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-07-06.

Geography

United States.