At a glance
Each dataset keeps its own reporting period, so the latest month differs by source. Panels and tool results always state the period they cover. How InfraMap combines these sources is on Methodology.
| Data | Source and period served | Where it appears |
|---|---|---|
| Plant inventory | EIA-860M, August 2026, with EIA-860 2025 final | Plants layer, Details tab |
| Monthly generation | EIA-923, January 2000 to July 2026 | Output tab |
| Emissions | EPA Clean Air Markets, 1995 to 2025 | Environmental tab |
| Node and hub prices | Seven ISOs and RTOs, archives through September 2026, recent days refreshed through the day | Prices layer and tab |
| ERCOT settlement data | Net energy March 2014 to July 2026; prices January 2014 on | Output and Prices tabs |
| Ownership and contracts | FERC MBR snapshot September 26, 2026; FERC EQR 2026 Q2 | Details tab |
| Cooling water | EIA, 2014 to 2024 | Environmental tab, Water layer |
| Watershed stress | USGS, water years 2010 to 2020 | Water layer |
| Power lines | OpenStreetMap, September 25, 2026 | Infrastructure layer |
| Weather for potential | NSRDB, ERA5, HRRR and GOES; 2010 to October 2026, recent days every six hours | Output tab |
| Hourly load and fuel mix | EIA-930 by balancing authority, July 2015 to the latest hour, updated hourly | Generation dashboard, agent and MCP |
| Airport weather | NOAA GHCNh, about 2,300 US airports, 2010 on, updated daily | Agent and MCP |
Current coverage, as-of dates and limits for each dataset are also available from the MCP server’s get_data_catalog tool.
Plants and generators
EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationPlant and generator records behind the Plants layer and the Details tab: technology, tracking, battery energy capacity, owners, and the capacity history used for capacity factors.
- Served
- 2025 final; archive years 2009 to 2025 for dated capacity
- Updates
- Annual
EIA-860M Monthly Generator Inventory
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationWhich generators are operating, their nameplate capacity, operating dates and the balancing-authority code each unit reports.
- Served
- August 2026, published September 24, 2026 (provisional)
- Coverage
- 14,233 plants grouped into 14,225 projects, 529 of them hybrids; 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico
- Updates
- Monthly; InfraMap reviews each release before replacing the inventory
Generation and fuel
EIA-923 Power Plant Operations Report
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationMonthly net generation, battery charging and discharge, and fuel heat input. Years before 2008 use its predecessor forms EIA-906/920 and EIA-759. Annual final files can contain EIA allocations of annual totals rather than monthly readings.
- Served
- January 2000 to July 2026; 2026 is provisional
- Coverage
- 13,885 current plants have at least one reported month
- Updates
- Monthly, with annual final files
EIA-923 and EIA-860 detail tables, through PUDL
EIA, processed by Catalyst Cooperative (PUDL v2026.9.0)Source-level tables the agent and MCP server read for heat rates, fuel and cost questions. PUDL outputs are licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Served
- January 2020 to May 2026
- Tables
- Boiler fuel, generator generation, generation and fuel, fuel receipts and cost, boiler–generator and boiler–cooling links
Emissions
Clean Air Markets annual emissions
U.S. EPA, Clean Air Markets DivisionAnnual CO₂, SO₂ and NOx mass for EPA-monitored units, on the Environmental tab. Only monitored units and these three pollutants are covered; a missing record is not zero emissions.
- Served
- Reporting years 1995 to 2025, retrieved September 26, 2026
- Coverage
- 94,816 of 123,526 unit-years link to 1,289 current plants
EPA CAMD to EIA crosswalk
Catalyst Cooperative (PUDL v2026.9.0), from EPA’s crosswalkLinks EPA units to EIA plants. InfraMap never links by name or location.
- Served
- Crosswalk years 2018 to 2024
Market prices
Hourly day-ahead and real-time prices for every reviewed node and hub in the seven ISO and RTO markets. They feed the Prices layer, the Prices tab, CSV exports, the agent and the MCP server. ERCOT publishes settlement point prices rather than LMPs.
| Market | Products | History from | Publisher page |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAISO | OASIS day-ahead LMP; real-time 5-minute interval LMP | Oct 2023 | OASIS(opens in a new tab) |
| ERCOT | Day-ahead and real-time settlement point prices (15-minute) | Jan 2014 | ERCOT prices(opens in a new tab) |
| ISO-NE | Day-ahead hourly LMP; real-time hourly LMP, final when published | Nov 2015 (DA), Jun 2017 (RT) | ISO Express(opens in a new tab) |
| MISO | Day-ahead ex-post LMP; real-time final LMP, preliminary until final | Apr 2005 | Market reports(opens in a new tab) |
| NYISO | Day-ahead LBMP; real-time integrated hourly LBMP by generator | Nov 1999 | Market data(opens in a new tab) |
| PJM | Day-ahead and real-time hourly LMP (Data Miner 2) | Apr 2023 | Data Miner 2(opens in a new tab) |
| SPP | Day-ahead LMP; real-time balancing market LMP (5-minute) | Mar 2014 | SPP portal(opens in a new tab) |
- Updates. Archives run through September 2026. A scheduled collector adds recent hours for every market through the day and revisits recent days until final prices replace preliminary ones.
- History. Start months are market-wide. Each node’s history starts when the ISO first published it. Nodes added in the October 2026 coverage review were backfilled from January 2023 (PJM from April 2023, CAISO from October 2023).
- Map periods. The Prices layer covers January 2025 to August 2026 by week, month and year.
- Known gaps stay blank, for example some NYISO real-time days in July 2026 and some SPP five-minute files.
Pricing-node and hub registries
CAISO, ERCOT, ISO-NE, MISO, NYISO, PJM, SPP, EIA and FERCUsed to decide which node prices each plant, its comparison hub and its price chain: ISO node, resource and hub registries (for example CAISO OASIS node and resource lists, ERCOT settlement point and resource registries, ISO-NE CELT, the NYISO Gold Book, PJM hub definitions and SPP settlement location reports), EIA-860 node fields, and FERC EQR delivery points. Node locations on the map come from published coordinates where available; MISO locations come from a reviewed catalog and are labeled unverified.
- Served
- Node coverage review of October 16, 2026; price chains of October 22, 2026
How nodes, hubs, basis and price chains are assigned is on Methodology.
ERCOT resource data
60-Day SCED Disclosure: settlement metered net energy
ERCOT (NP3-965-ER)Hourly net energy for reviewed ERCOT resources, shown in the Output tab’s Hourly view, and the dispatch data behind the ERCOT-fitted curtailment response. Net energy does not separate battery charging from discharge.
- Served
- March 2014 to July 2026
- Updates
- Published with a 60-day delay
60-Day SCED Disclosure: energy storage resources
ERCOT (NP3-965-ER)Telemetered battery power after ERCOT’s RTC+B go-live, integrated into hourly charge and discharge estimates. These are telemetry estimates, not settlement metering.
- Served
- December 5, 2025 to July 31, 2026
Resource and settlement point registries
ERCOT and PUCTThe settlement point and bus mapping, resource registry and related reports used to tie EIA plants to ERCOT resources and nodes.
- Served
- Registry effective September 22, 2026; 611 projects above 20 MW reviewed
Ownership and contracts
Ownership and offtake are part of InfraMap Pro, in the plant panel, the project label and the analyst. The hourly EQR sales view stays open to everyone.
Market-Based Rate database
Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionSeller affiliations, seller-to-generator links and generator-specific PPA records in the Details tab and the analyst store.
- Served
- Exports retrieved September 26, 2026
Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR)
Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionLong-term contract records for offtake conclusions, and hourly reported energy sales in the Output tab. Sales are settlement transactions, not measured generation.
- Served
- 2026 Q2 (April to June 2026)
- Coverage
- Contract records from all filers; hourly sales streams for 431 plants
EIA-860 Schedule 4, generator ownership
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationReported legal owners and ownership shares. The operator is not assumed to be the owner.
- Served
- 2025 final
Public filings
SEC EDGAR, FERC eLibrary, GLEIF and company disclosuresSubsidiary lists, property tables, market-power and change-in-status filings and PPA exhibits behind the reviewed ownership and offtake conclusions. Each conclusion cites its document and page.
- Served
- Research snapshot of September 26, 2026, for operating projects above 50 MW outside ERCOT
Grid regions
Balancing-authority codes in EIA unit records
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationUnit-level balancing-authority membership for region filters and the ISO field. Membership comes from units, never from map outlines.
- Served
- As of August 2026, with reviewed transitions such as SPP’s western expansion on April 1, 2026
EIA-930 reference tables
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationBalancing-authority codes and names.
Control Areas
U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology LaboratoryBalancing-authority outlines on the map, for display only. SPP East and West outlines are built from SPP’s published reserve zones.
- Served
- Geometry year 2020
Load and fuel mix
Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (EIA-930)
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationDemand, day-ahead demand forecast, net generation, interchange and generation by fuel for every balancing authority, using EIA’s adjusted values. It feeds the Generation dashboard, the agent and the MCP server. Hourly CO₂ intensity is computed from the fuel mix with EIA’s 2023 US average emission rates for coal, gas and oil: an average rate of generation inside the region, not consumption-based and not marginal.
- Served
- July 2015 to the latest hour; fuel mix from July 2018; subregion demand from July 2018
- Updates
- Every hour. Demand is about an hour behind and the fuel mix 9 to 14 hours behind
Reported curtailment
Only CAISO and SPP publish regional curtailment history that InfraMap serves. Plant-level curtailment in InfraMap is an experimental model, not a published figure.
Monthly Renewables Performance Report
CAISOMonthly wind and solar curtailment (economic and self-scheduled) and metered renewable generation, summed to annual totals.
- Served
- December 2025 issue, published January 21, 2026; covers 2015 to 2025
2025 State of the Market report
SPP Market Monitoring UnitRounded mean MW, not annual energy, from section 2.5 of the report.
- Served
- Annual mean curtailed MW for wind and solar combined, 2024 and 2025
Power lines and substations
Power lines and cables
OpenStreetMap contributorsThe transmission and local lines layer, with reported voltage, operator and circuits. Community-mapped and incomplete: an empty area is not proof of no infrastructure, and voltages are never inferred.
- Served
- Snapshot of September 25, 2026; 687,028 mapped segments in the 50 states and DC
- License
- Open Database License (ODbL)
Substations
Inherited InfraMap catalogA catalog of about 33,000 substation points carried over from an earlier InfraMap release. Its original source and dates are not documented and its voltages are unverified, so treat it as orientation only. It is not served by the agent or the MCP server.
Plant footprints
U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB)
U.S. Geological SurveySolar array outlines in the Plant geometry layer and solar marker positions.
- Served
- Version 4.0, April 14, 2026; 6,619 arrays matched to EIA plants
- License
- Public domain
U.S. Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB)
U.S. Geological SurveyTurbine points in the Plant geometry layer, wind marker positions, and turbine models and hub heights for wind potential.
- Served
- Version 9.0, June 26, 2026; 70,532 turbines matched to EIA plants
- License
- Public domain
Power plant outlines
OpenStreetMap contributorsDashed plant site boundaries. They are approximate and do not establish ownership.
- Served
- Snapshot of September 25, 2026; 9,968 outlines matched on their EIA plant tag
- License
- ODbL
Water
Thermoelectric Cooling Water Data
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationAnnual cooling-water withdrawal and consumption on the Environmental tab and the Plant cooling water layer. Withdrawal and consumption are different measures.
- Served
- 2014 to 2024; 2024 volumes for 727 plants on the map
- Updates
- Annual
Surface water Supply and Use Index (SUI)
U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Availability AssessmentThe Surface water stress layer and the watershed test for each plant. A modeled surface-water index that does not describe aquifers.
- Served
- Water years 2010 to 2020 (132 months) for 83,191 HUC12 watersheds
- License
- Public domain
Watershed Boundary Dataset and Principal Aquifers
U.S. Geological SurveyHUC8 and HUC12 watershed boundaries, river names for intake matching, and the aquifer name shown for groundwater users.
- License
- Public domain
Gas, oil and resource layers
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationThe Gas reserves (wet natural gas, billion cubic feet) and Oil reserves (crude oil and lease condensate, million barrels) layers, as state totals.
- Served
- Year-end 2024, released April 7, 2026; 20 separately reported states
POWER climatology
NASA Langley Research CenterThe Wind resource (mean wind speed at 50 m, from MERRA-2) and Solar resource (all-sky surface irradiance, from CERES) layers, on the source grid. Not an input to the potential model.
- Served
- 2001 to 2020 annual climatology, contiguous US
Natural gas pipelines, shale plays and sedimentary basins
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationGeographic context the agent can read. Not drawn on the map.
- Served
- Pipelines 2020, plays 2021
Weather and equipment inputs
These drive physical potential, expected generation and modeled curtailment. See Physical potential. InfraMap keeps the hourly point weather at every wind and solar plant from 2010, which the agent and the MCP server can read.
National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB)
National Laboratory of the Rockies, formerly NRELHistorical solar irradiance, temperature and wind for solar potential.
- Served
- Through 2025
ERA5 reanalysis
ECMWF, Copernicus Climate Change Service; retrieved through the Open-Meteo archive APIHistorical wind outside HRRR coverage, and solar inputs where NSRDB is unavailable.
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR)
NOAA, via AWS Open DataHistorical onshore wind where available, and 80 m wind, temperature and pressure for 2026 and recent days.
GOES-East and GOES-West shortwave radiation
NOAA, via AWS Open DataSatellite solar irradiance for 2026 and recent days.
- Updates
- Recent potential refreshes about every six hours
Global Historical Climatology Network hourly (GHCNh)
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, via AWS Open DataHourly temperature, dew point, humidity and wind. The agent and MCP server read daily highs, lows and degree days by ISO and state, from equal-weighted airports.
- Served
- About 2,300 US airport stations, 2010 on
- Updates
- Daily
Turbine power curves and plant equipment
National Laboratory of the Rockies turbine models; EIA-860 and EIA-860M; USGS USWTDBPublished turbine power curves where a turbine model matches (stated proxies otherwise), and EIA equipment data: tracking, capacity, commissioning dates and seasonal ratings.
Utilities and gas distribution
Source tables the agent and MCP server can read. They are not drawn on the map.
EIA-861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report
EIA, processed by PUDL v2026.9.0Utility sales, revenue and customers, reliability, county service territories, demand response and net metering. County membership is not a service boundary.
- Served
- Report years 2020 to 2025
Gas distribution annual reports
U.S. DOT PHMSA, processed by PUDL v2026.9.0Gas distribution operators, pipe mileage and installation decades. Distribution systems only.
- Served
- 2020 to 2025
Modeled resource profiles
Reference profiles the agent and MCP server can read. They describe reference equipment, not plant output.
Resource Adequacy Renewable Energy (RARE) Power Dataset
Vibrant Clean Energy, processed by PUDLModeled hourly wind and solar capacity factors by county, summarized by month.
- Served
- 2014 to 2024, as monthly county profiles
- License
- CC BY 4.0
GridPath Resource Adequacy Toolkit profiles
GridLab, processed by PUDLMonthly renewable profiles for western aggregation groups and generator group membership.
- Served
- 1998 to 2021, western US
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Base map
Map tiles
OpenStreetMap contributorsThe base map under every layer.
- License
- ODbL; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Generalized state boundaries and land outline
U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb; Natural EarthState outlines for the reserves layers, and the land mask that clips the price heatmap. Natural Earth data is public domain.
What is not included
- Interconnection queues, outages and transmission constraints. InfraMap does not currently serve them. Hourly load and fuel mix are served; see Load and fuel mix.
- Real-time operating status. Plant status is as of the latest EIA-860M month, not live.
- Third-party research reports are not redistributed through InfraMap.
- The InfraMap data-center atlas is a separate product and is not part of these sources.
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