The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the independent statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, created by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, that collects, analyzes, and disseminates energy information for the United States. EIA sits at the measurement layer of the American energy value chain rather than the operating layer - it does not generate, transmit, distribute, or retail energy, and it does not regulate anyone. Instead it compels the industry to report through mandatory survey forms (EIA-860, EIA-861, EIA-923, EIA-176, EIA-914, EIA-930 and dozens more) and then publishes the result as the reference statistics for electricity, natural gas, petroleum, coal, nuclear, renewables, emissions, and international energy. EIA's API posture is the strongest of any organization in this sector and a genuine benchmark for government data anywhere. The Open Data APIv2 at api.eia.gov/v2 is a fully RESTful, self-documenting, hierarchically routed API covering more than two million time series, described by a real downloadable OpenAPI 3.0.0 contract carrying 225 paths and 278 operations, opened by a free API key that is emailed automatically from a public registration form with no review, no accreditation, and no licence to sign. A companion bulk download facility at api.eia.gov/bulk serves the same data as manifest-indexed zip archives and requires no key at all. The split that defines this sector is absolute here. EIA's market, system, and grid data is wide open - hourly balancing-authority demand and interchange, wholesale and spot prices, generator-level capacity and operations - while EIA publishes no consumer energy data API of any kind. There is no Green Button, no ESPI, no Download My Data, no Connect My Data, no consent flow, and no customer usage or billing endpoint, because individual customer data is never collected by EIA in the first place; its surveys arrive already aggregated from utilities and are further protected by statutory confidentiality. EIA is therefore the clearest instance of the recurring finding in this series - a federal data agency that publishes a far better documented, far more accessible API than the regulated utilities whose numbers it reports.
EIA publishes 17 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including AEO API, COAL API, CRUD IMPORTS API, and 14 more. Tagged areas include Energy, United States, Energy Markets, Electricity, and Natural Gas.
The EIA catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
EIA’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, signup flow, developer console, tooling, API reference, and 38 more developer resources.
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name: EIA
kind: company
description: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the independent statistical and analytical agency within
the U.S. Department of Energy, created by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, that collects, analyzes, and
disseminates energy information for the United States. EIA sits at the measurement layer of the American energy value chain
rather than the operating layer - it does not generate, transmit, distribute, or retail energy, and it does not regulate
anyone. Instead it compels the industry to report through mandatory survey forms (EIA-860, EIA-861, EIA-923, EIA-176, EIA-914,
EIA-930 and dozens more) and then publishes the result as the reference statistics for electricity, natural gas, petroleum,
coal, nuclear, renewables, emissions, and international energy. EIA's API posture is the strongest of any organization in
this sector and a genuine benchmark for government data anywhere. The Open Data APIv2 at api.eia.gov/v2 is a fully RESTful,
self-documenting, hierarchically routed API covering more than two million time series, described by a real downloadable
OpenAPI 3.0.0 contract carrying 225 paths and 278 operations, opened by a free API key that is emailed automatically from
a public registration form with no review, no accreditation, and no licence to sign. A companion bulk download facility
at api.eia.gov/bulk serves the same data as manifest-indexed zip archives and requires no key at all. The split that defines
this sector is absolute here. EIA's market, system, and grid data is wide open - hourly balancing-authority demand and interchange,
wholesale and spot prices, generator-level capacity and operations - while EIA publishes no consumer energy data API of
any kind. There is no Green Button, no ESPI, no Download My Data, no Connect My Data, no consent flow, and no customer usage
or billing endpoint, because individual customer data is never collected by EIA in the first place; its surveys arrive already
aggregated from utilities and are further protected by statutory confidentiality. EIA is therefore the clearest instance
of the recurring finding in this series - a federal data agency that publishes a far better documented, far more accessible
API than the regulated utilities whose numbers it reports.
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label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: high
source:
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- Energy Markets
- Electricity
- Natural Gas
- Petroleum
- Coal
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- and each dataset is then downloadable as a zip archive of newline-delimited JSON, for example /bulk/ELEC.zip. Datasets
include U.S. Electric System Operating Data (661,461 series), Electricity (285,080), Petroleum (53,464), Annual Energy
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- aid: eia:eia-aeo-api
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- aid: eia:eia-coal-api
name: EIA COAL API
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- aid: eia:eia-crud-imports-api
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- type: RateLimits
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- aid: eia:eia-dbf-api
name: EIA DBF API
description: Access to Densified Biomass Data
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- aid: eia:eia-elec-api
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- aid: eia:eia-emiss-api
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description: Access to CO2 Emissions Data
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- aid: eia:eia-ieo-api
name: EIA IEO API
description: Access to International Energy Outlook Data
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- aid: eia:eia-intl-api
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description: Access to International Data
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tags:
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baseURL: https://api.eia.gov/v2
tags:
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baseURL: https://api.eia.gov/v2
tags:
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properties:
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- type: RateLimits
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- aid: eia:eia-rto-api
name: EIA RTO API
description: Access to Daily Electricity Data
humanURL: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
baseURL: https://api.eia.gov/v2
tags:
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properties:
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url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
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url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Console
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/qb.php
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/privacy_security_policy.php
- type: Examples
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- type: DataModel
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- type: GettingStarted
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/eia-rate-limits.yml
- aid: eia:eia-seds-api
name: EIA SEDS API
description: Access to State Energy Data Systems (SEDS) Data
humanURL: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
baseURL: https://api.eia.gov/v2
tags:
- SEDS
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/eia-seds-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
- type: Portal
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Console
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- type: Documentation
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- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/privacy_security_policy.php
- type: Examples
url: examples/eia-api-v2-examples.yml
- type: DataModel
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- type: GettingStarted
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/eia-rate-limits.yml
- aid: eia:eia-sep-api
name: EIA SEP API
description: Access to State Electricity Profiles
humanURL: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
baseURL: https://api.eia.gov/v2
tags:
- SEP
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/eia-sep-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
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- type: APIReference
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- type: Portal
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Console
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/qb.php
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/privacy_security_policy.php
- type: Examples
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- type: DataModel
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- type: GettingStarted
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/eia-rate-limits.yml
- aid: eia:eia-steo-api
name: EIA STEO API
description: Access to Short Term Energy Outlook Data
humanURL: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
baseURL: https://api.eia.gov/v2
tags:
- STEO
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/eia-steo-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
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- type: APIReference
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- type: Portal
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Console
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/qb.php
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/privacy_security_policy.php
- type: Examples
url: examples/eia-api-v2-examples.yml
- type: DataModel
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- type: GettingStarted
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/eia-rate-limits.yml
- aid: eia:eia-total-api
name: EIA TOTAL API
description: Access to Total Energy Data
humanURL: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
baseURL: https://api.eia.gov/v2
tags:
- TOTAL
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/eia-total-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
- type: Portal
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Console
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/qb.php
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/privacy_security_policy.php
- type: Examples
url: examples/eia-api-v2-examples.yml
- type: DataModel
url: data-model/eia-data-model.yml
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/eia-rate-limits.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
url: capabilities/eia-capability-edges.yml
name: EIA Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
url: agentic-access/eia-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/eia-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/eia-authentication.yml
- type: Website
url: https://www.eia.gov
- type: Portal
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
- type: Console
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/privacy_security_policy.php
- type: GitHubOrganization
url: https://github.com/EIAgov
name: EIAgov - a GitHub USER account, not an organization; 4 public repos (NEMS, BlueSky, dash-benchmark, EIAgov). No API
client libraries or SDKs published.
- type: DataCatalog
url: https://www.energy.gov/data.json
name: DOE Project Open Data catalog - 342 of its 483 datasets are published by EIA
- type: Tools
url: https://www.eia.gov/tools/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/excel/
name: EIA Excel Add-in - spreadsheet client for APIv2
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/
name: Hourly Electric Grid Monitor - web tool over the /v2/electricity/rto routes
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/wholesalemarkets/
name: Wholesale Electricity Markets - link hub to the seven ISO/RTO data surfaces, not an EIA API
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.eia.gov/survey/
name: EIA survey forms - the mandatory industry reporting that feeds every API route
- type: DeveloperPortal
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/browser/
name: Opendata Query Browser - point-and-click reference over every route
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
name: API Technical Documentation - guided walkthrough from first call to paginated query
- type: Support
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/faqs.php
name: Open Data FAQs; developer@eia.gov for key delivery issues
- type: HelpCenter
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/contact/
name: EIA Contact Us
- type: Blog
url: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/
name: Today in Energy - EIA daily analysis series
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
name: API Terms of Service Agreement, published inline on the registration form
- type: Copyright
url: https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php
name: Copyrights and Reuse Policy - attribution required, EIA logo not licensed
- type: Packages
url: packages/eia-packages.yml
name: No first-party SDK on any registry; community Python/R clients and the first-party Excel add-in
- type: WellKnown
url: well-known/eia-well-known.yml
name: Probe record - no /.well-known/ documents are served on either host
- type: MCPServer
url: mcp/eia-mcp.yml
name: No first-party MCP server; two community stdio servers over APIv2, plus a derived candidate tool set
- type: ToolCrosswalk
url: mcp/eia-tool-crosswalk.yml
name: MCP tools bound to backing OpenAPI operations
- type: LLMsTxt
url: llms/eia-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
url: overlays/eia-api-v2-overlay.yaml
name: API Evangelist enhancements over the published OpenAPI
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/eia-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
url: errors/eia-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
url: lifecycle/eia-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/faqs.php
name: APIv1 deprecation and migration - communicated in the FAQ and technical documentation; EIA publishes no general deprecation
policy and no Sunset headers
- type: Conventions
url: conventions/eia-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
url: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
name: APIv2 Patch Notes - dated release notes through v2.1.12 (March 2026)
- type: ChangeLog
url: changelog/eia-changelog.yml
name: Structured changelog, all 15 published releases
- type: Components
url: components/eia-components.yml
name: Embeddable chart widget, Excel/Sheets add-ins, hosted query browser
- type: DataModel
url: data-model/eia-data-model.yml
- type: Examples
url: examples/eia-api-v2-examples.yml
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/eia-rate-limits.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
url: security/eia-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
url: https://www.energy.gov/cio/articles/vulnerability-disclosure-policy
name: DOE Vulnerability Disclosure Program - DOE O 205.1D Attachment 2, linked from every eia.gov page footer
- type: AgentSkill
url: skills/_index.yml
name: Three generated agent skills grounded in verified APIv2 paths
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
EIA API — frequently asked questions
Does EIA have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 17 APIs from EIA, including EIA Bulk Download Facility, EIA AEO API and EIA COAL API, and 14 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the EIA API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 16 OpenAPI specifications for EIA, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the EIA API?
EIA uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Eia Authentication.
Does EIA have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for EIA: EIA publishes NO first-party MCP server, and no hosted/remote MCP endpoint exists on
api.eia.gov or www.eia.gov. What does exist is a real community MCP layer over APIv2:
two independently maintained
Is the EIA API ready for AI agents?
EIA has a Kin Score of 49.8 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 27.5 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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