Department of Energy

Department of Energy Electricity API

The Electricity API from Department of Energy — 2 operation(s) for electricity.

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Operations 2

GET /electricity Electricity dataset metadata #

GET /electricity/retail-sales/data Electricity retail sales data #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: EIA Open Data API V2 Aeo Electricity API
  description: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Open Data API v2 is a fully RESTful implementation of EIA's public energy statistics. Routes are arranged in a logical hierarchy across petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear, renewables, total energy, international, and consumption series.
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.eia.gov/v2
  description: EIA Open Data API v2
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Electricity
paths:
  /electricity:
    get:
      summary: Electricity dataset metadata
      description: Returns metadata for electricity sub-routes.
      operationId: getElectricity
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RouteResponse'
      tags:
      - Electricity
  /electricity/retail-sales/data:
    get:
      summary: Electricity retail sales data
      description: Returns electricity retail sales data points.
      operationId: getElectricityRetailSalesData
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Frequency'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Start'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/End'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Length'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful data response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponse'
      tags:
      - Electricity
components:
  parameters:
    End:
      name: end
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Period end (inclusive).
    ApiKey:
      name: api_key
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: EIA Open Data API key.
    Start:
      name: start
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Period start (inclusive).
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Pagination offset.
    Length:
      name: length
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Maximum rows to return.
    Frequency:
      name: frequency
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Period frequency (e.g., monthly, quarterly, annual).
  schemas:
    RouteResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
      properties:
        response:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        request:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        apiVersion:
          type: string
    DataResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
      properties:
        response:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          properties:
            total:
              type: integer
            data:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        request:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        apiVersion:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
x-generated-from: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08