Thermal Power
Thermal power generation data APIs providing access to plant-level operational metrics, fuel consumption, heat rates, and generating capacity for coal, natural gas, petroleum, and nuclear power plants in the United States. Primary data source is the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Open Data API.
1 APIs
0 Features
EnergyThermal PowerPower GenerationElectricityCoalNatural GasNuclear
opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
name: Thermal Power API
version: 1.0.0
request:
auth:
type: apikey
key: api_key
value: '{{api_key}}'
placement: query
items:
- info:
name: Power Operations
type: folder
items:
- info:
name: Get Electric Power Operational Data
type: http
http:
method: GET
url: https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/electric-power-operational-data/data
params:
- name: api_key
value: ''
type: query
description: EIA API key.
- name: frequency
value: ''
type: query
description: Data frequency.
- name: data[]
value: ''
type: query
description: Data columns to return (e.g., generation, total-consumption, consumption-for-eg, heat-content).
- name: facets[fueltypeid][]
value: ''
type: query
description: Filter by fuel type ID (e.g., COL for coal, NG for natural gas, PEL for petroleum, NUC for nuclear, ALL
for all sources).
- name: facets[location][]
value: ''
type: query
description: Filter by US state abbreviation (e.g., TX, CA, NY).
- name: start
value: ''
type: query
description: Start period in YYYY-MM format.
- name: end
value: ''
type: query
description: End period in YYYY-MM format.
- name: sort[0][column]
value: ''
type: query
description: Column to sort by.
- name: sort[0][direction]
value: ''
type: query
description: Sort direction.
- name: offset
value: ''
type: query
description: Pagination offset.
- name: length
value: ''
type: query
description: Number of records to return (max 5000).
docs: Retrieves electric power operational data including generation, fuel consumption, and heat content by fuel type,
sector, and state. Supports filtering by fuel type (coal, natural gas, petroleum, nuclear) for thermal generation analysis.
- info:
name: Get RTO Fuel Type Data
type: http
http:
method: GET
url: https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/rto/fuel-type-data/data
params:
- name: api_key
value: ''
type: query
description: EIA API key.
- name: frequency
value: ''
type: query
description: Data frequency.
- name: data[]
value: ''
type: query
description: Data columns (e.g., value for generation in MWh).
- name: facets[respondent][]
value: ''
type: query
description: RTO/ISO identifier (e.g., MISO, PJM, CAISO, ERCOT, SPP, NYISO, ISONE).
- name: facets[fueltype][]
value: ''
type: query
description: Fuel type filter (e.g., NG, COL, OIL, NUC, OTH).
- name: start
value: ''
type: query
description: Start datetime in YYYY-MM-DDTHH format.
- name: end
value: ''
type: query
description: End datetime in YYYY-MM-DDTHH format.
- name: offset
value: ''
type: query
description: Pagination offset.
- name: length
value: ''
type: query
description: Number of records to return (max 5000).
docs: Retrieves hourly net generation by fuel type for Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System
Operators (ISOs). Includes thermal generation from coal, natural gas, petroleum, and nuclear sources.
- info:
name: Plant Operations
type: folder
items:
- info:
name: Get Facility Fuel Data
type: http
http:
method: GET
url: https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/facility-fuel/data
params:
- name: api_key
value: ''
type: query
description: EIA API key.
- name: frequency
value: ''
type: query
description: Data frequency.
- name: data[]
value: ''
type: query
description: Data columns (e.g., generation, total-consumption, consumption-for-eg, heat-content, heat-rate).
- name: facets[plantCode][]
value: ''
type: query
description: EIA plant code identifier.
- name: facets[fuel2002][]
value: ''
type: query
description: Fuel type code filter (e.g., NG, COL, DFO, NUC).
- name: facets[state][]
value: ''
type: query
description: US state abbreviation.
- name: start
value: ''
type: query
description: Start period in YYYY-MM format.
- name: end
value: ''
type: query
description: End period in YYYY-MM format.
- name: offset
value: ''
type: query
description: Pagination offset.
- name: length
value: ''
type: query
description: Number of records to return (max 5000).
docs: Retrieves annual and monthly electric power operational data for individual thermal power plants, including generation,
fuel consumption, heat content, and heat rate by plant, state, and fuel type.
- info:
name: Capacity
type: folder
items:
- info:
name: Get Operating Generator Capacity
type: http
http:
method: GET
url: https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data
params:
- name: api_key
value: ''
type: query
description: EIA API key.
- name: frequency
value: ''
type: query
description: Data frequency.
- name: data[]
value: ''
type: query
description: Data columns (e.g., nameplate-capacity-mw, net-summer-capacity-mw, net-winter-capacity-mw, operating-year-month).
- name: facets[energy_source_code][]
value: ''
type: query
description: Energy source code filter.
- name: facets[prime_mover_code][]
value: ''
type: query
description: Prime mover code (e.g., ST for steam turbine, GT for gas turbine, IC for internal combustion, CA for
combined cycle).
- name: facets[stateid][]
value: ''
type: query
description: State abbreviation filter.
- name: start
value: ''
type: query
description: Start period in YYYY-MM format.
- name: end
value: ''
type: query
description: End period in YYYY-MM format.
- name: offset
value: ''
type: query
description: Pagination offset.
- name: length
value: ''
type: query
description: Number of records to return (max 5000).
docs: Retrieves operating generator capacity data at the individual generator level, including nameplate capacity, net
summer capacity, in-service date, prime mover type, and energy source for thermal generating units.
bundled: true
