README for 2imi9/us-power-climate-data-plants

US Power Plant Registry (EIA-860, 2023)

This dataset contains a curated and cleaned registry of 15,068 U.S. electric power plants derived from the 2023 EIA Form 860. It aggregates plant-level attributes and generator-level characteristics for use in energy analytics, climate impact studies, infrastructure planning, and machine-learning applications.

Contents

Each record represents a single power plant.

Variables

Column	Description
plant_code	Unique numeric identifier assigned by EIA
plant_name	Full plant name
utility_name	Utility or company that operates the plant
street_address	Physical address
city	City of plant
state	Two-letter state code
zip	Postal ZIP code
county	County
latitude	Latitude (WGS84)
longitude	Longitude (WGS84)
sector_name	Sector category (e.g., Electric Utility, IPP, Commercial)
sector	Numeric sector code from EIA
balancing_authority_code	Grid balancing authority code
balancing_authority_name	Balancing authority name
total_capacity_mw	Sum of nameplate capacity of all generators at the plant
technologies	Comma-separated list of generator technologies
primary_fuel	Dominant fuel type
prime_movers	Generator prime mover classes

Source

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report (2023). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/

Processing Notes

• Only plants with valid latitude and longitude are included.
• Generator data were aggregated at the plant level.
• Column names were standardized to lowercase with underscores.

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

2imi9. US Power Plant Registry (EIA-860 2023). Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/2imi9/us-power-climate-data-plants