Monthly Electricity Generation and Consumption by Fuel and Sector

Monthly, quarterly, and annual data on electricity generation, consumption, sales, price, and revenue from the U.S. Department of Energy. Data is organized by fuel types including coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and solar, as well as by sectors such as electric power, commercial, and industrial. Users must obtain an API key for access.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in electricity generation by fuel type (coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar) to model renewable energy adoption.
• Forecast electricity price and retail sales revenue using time-series data segmented by commercial and industrial sectors.
• Model carbon dioxide emissions based on fossil fuel consumption data from the electric power sector.

Strengths

• Data is provided at monthly, quarterly, and annual frequencies for detailed time-series analysis.
• Covers multiple fuel types (coal, petroleum, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar, geothermal, wood) and sectors (electric power, utility, commercial, industrial).
• Sourced from the authoritative U.S. Department of Energy.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and sample data are unavailable for assessing dataset scale and structure.
• Data freshness is uncertain as the last platform update was recorded in July 2021.
• Access requires registration for an API key, adding a step before data retrieval.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Energy

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Time Range

Monthly, quarterly, and annual data

Freshness

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