# Thermal Power

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/thermal-power/  
**Website:** https://www.eia.gov/opendata/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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.

## Kin Score — 36.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 63.3 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 23.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.6 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **Thermal Power Capacity API** — Generating capacity and generator-level data.
- **Thermal Power Plant Operations API** — Plant-level thermal generation operational data.
- **Thermal Power Power Operations API** — Electric power operational statistics by fuel type.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Thermal Power Agentic Access** — 4 operations

## Security (2)

- **Thermal Power Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Thermal Power Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Thermal Power Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Energy, Thermal Power, Power Generation, Electricity, Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/thermal-power/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.