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USA Federal Government

The United States Federal Government contains many sources of information relating to electric power and fuel.

Here are some short-cuts to categories on this page:
FedWorld, FERC, NRC, USACE, USBR, USDOE, USDOE-EIA, USEPA, USGS

US Energy Policy Act of 2005

USA Federal Government:

Central Intelligence Agency, CIA
- World Fact Book
FedWorld
Federal Energy Management Program
- Utility Management
  - Regional Transmission Organizations
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC
- search, site map
- Forms (10/26/2009)
  - eLibrary (formely FERRIS, Federal Energy Regulatory Records Information System)
  - Form 1 Electric Utility Annual Report
  - Form 423 Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants (10/26/2009, see also EIA923)
  - Form 714 Annual Electric Control and Planning Area Report (1026/2009)
  - Form 715 Annual Transmission Planning and Evaluation Report (10/26/2009)
  - Form 715 Plant Codes (10/26/2009, apparently last updated 2006)
- Industries
  - Hydropower
    - Licensing
      - Complete list of Issued Licenses (10/26/2009)
  - RTO/ISO (10/26/2009)
- Market Oversight
  - Electric Markets
Government Information Exchange
- search
Library of Congress
- Environment & Energy Daily on tracking US Congress
- Thomas Legislative Information (as in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson)
National Science Foundation
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense
- National Science Digital Library
  - Determining the Capacity Value of Wind: An Updated Survey of Methods and Implementation, June 2008
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC
Securities & Exchange Commission, SEC --EDGAR
U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA
U.S. Department of Commerce
- National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA
- National Technical Information Service, NTIS
  - Product Search
  - Government Research Center, GRC
- STAT-USA (Federal Government data commercialized; Information at a price.)
U.S. Department of Defense, USDOD
- Defense Energy Support Center
  - Utility Privatization Conference
  - Military energy RFQ
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE
U.S. Department of Energy, USDOE
- Alternative Fuels Data Center
- DOE Laboratories
  - Argonne National Laboratory
    - Search
    - Decision and Information Sciences
  - Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory
    - Geothermal Energy
    - Hydropower Program
  - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, LBL
  - National Energy Technology Laboratory
  - National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL
    - National Wind Technology Center
      - Wind Systems Integration (10/21/2009)
      - Wind Plant Capacity Value
    - Renewable Energy Analytic Studies Network, REASN
    - Renewable Resources Maps & Data (10/21/2009)
      - Dynamic Maps, GIS Data & Analysis Tools (10/21/2009)
      - Renewable Resource Data Center (10/21/2009)
    - Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States
  - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL
  - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PNNL
    - Columbia Basin Modeling
    - Office of Science -- Energy Science News
- Energy.gov
  - Electricity Advisory Board
    - Transmission Grid Solutions Report, Sept-2002
  - National Transmission Grid Study, May 2002
  - Office of Policy & International Affairs
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  - Green Power Network
  - Mid-Atlantic Renewable Scorecard
  - States
    - State Information
    - States that Publish Energy Statistics
  - State_Energy
    - State_Specific_Information
  - Wind Power in America
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network, EREN
  - Determining the Capacity Value of Wind: An Updated Survey of Methods and Implementation, June 2008
  - Geothermal Technologies Program
    - Deployment
      - GeoPowering the West
        
        Geothermal-Biz.com
  - Hydro Power
  - The Green Power Network: Up-to-date green power news
  - Million Solar Roof
  - Regional Offices
  - Renewable Energy
  - Renewable Energy Maps
    - Sources by Map Element
  - Renewable Electric Plant Information System
  - Renewable Electric Plant Information System, REPiS
  - State Energy Alternatives
  - Tribal Energy Program
    - Navajo Transmission Project, NTP
- Energy Information Agency, USDOE-EIA
  - ftp:EIA
    - index of file-types
  - gopher:EIA
  - Annual Energy Outlook, AEO
    - Appendix H, Conversion Factors
    - Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook
      - Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2006
      - Electricity Market Module
        
        see Table 38 Cost and Performance Characteristics of New Electricity Generating Technologies.
    - Coal Forecasts
    - Electricity Forecast
    - Emissions Forecast
      - New Source Review
      - State Air Emission Regulations
    - National Energy Modeling System, NEMS
    - Oil and Natural Gas Projections
    - Printable/PDF/Download
    - Supplemental Tables
  - Coal
    - Annual Coal Report
    - Coal Databases
      - US Coal Reserves 1997 Update
    - Coal Sectors
    - Price Tables
    - Quarterly Coal Report
    - State Coal Profile Index Map
    - Technical Notes
    - Weekly Coal Production
  - Congressional Response
  - Country List
  - Directory of EIA Models
  - Electricity
    - Electric Databases
      - FTP Electricity Publications
        
        File descriptions
      - 100 Largest Non-Utility Facilities by nameplate capacity
      - Annual Electric Utility Data - EIA-861
      - Annual Utility Plant Operations and Design Data - EIA-767
      - Clean Air Act Database Browser
      - Electric Generating Capacity
        
        Proposed US Electric Generating Units by Month, Operating Company and Plant
        
        Annual Electric Generator Report - EIA-860
        
        replaces:
        
        Inventory of Power Plants in the US - EIA-860A
        
        data tables
        
        Table C1: Nonutility Electric Power Plants by Facility Name, 1999
        
        Inventory of Power Plants in the US 1999
        
        Inventory of Non-Utility Electric Power Plants - EIA860B
        
        data tables
        
        pdf file
        
        Inventory of Electric Utility Power Plants in the United States
        
        Inventory of Nonutility Electric Power Plants in the United States, 1999
        
        Nonutility Electric Power Plants by State, 1999
      - Electric Generating Companies by Name, Code and State
      - Electric Generating Unit Inventory
      - Electric Utilities by State
      - Form EIA-906 and EIA-920 Databases
        
        supercedes:
        
        Monthly Utility Power Plant data -- EIA759/906
        
        Monthly Nonutility Power Plant Data - EIA906
      - Major Electric Utility Licensees and Others Database - FERC-Form-1
      - Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants - FERC-423
        
        Prior to Late 1999
        
        Late 1999 and beyond - FERC Electric Power Regulation
        A lot of plants have been sold and no longer are required to report. From July thru November several utilities did not report due to the expiration of the survey. It was not renewed until December 2000.
        Info provided courtesy of Ken McClevey of EIA, kenneth.mcclevey@eia.doe.gov. See also FERC
        
        The latest data is located on the FERC eForms page
      - Monthly Electric Utility Sales/Revenue - EIA-826
      - Public Electric Utility Database - EIA-412
      - Wholesale Day Adead Prices at Selected Hubs, Peak (8/13/2009)
    - Electricity Publications
  - Emissions
    - Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the US
  - Energy A-Z
  - Energy and Statistical Information on the Web
  - Energy Plugs
  - Energy Prices
  - Forecasts & Analysis
  - International
  - Listing of Publicly Available and Confidential Data
  - Mexico Analysis Brief
  - Monthly Energy Review
  - National Energy Information Center, NEIC0
  - Natural Gas publications
    - International Energy Outlook 2001 - Natural Gas
    - Natural Gas Monthly
      - NGM Historical
    - Natural Gas Weekly Update
    - Most Recent Annual Data
      - Status of Natural Gas Pipeline System Capacity Entering the 2000-2001 Heating Season
    - Recent Trends and Prospects for the Future
    - Specialized Natural Gas Geographic Information System, EIAGIS-NG
      - Developing a PC-Based GIS for the North American Natural Gas Network
    - Relationship Between Henry Hub Spot Prices and US Wellhead Prices
    - Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
  - North American Energy Working Group, NAEWG
  - Nuclear Reactors
    - alphabetical listing
    - listing by state
    - US Nuclear Reactor List - Operational
  - Petroleum
    - Weekly Petroleum Status Report
    - Week in Petroleum, This
    - Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices
  - Regional Energy Profiles
    - Energy Market Maps
    - States
  - Short-Term Energy Outlook, STEO
    - Standard Report Tables (.html format)
    - US Energy Prices by quarter
    - US Energy Prices by year
  - Survey Forms
  - Wholesale Electric Power Links
    - California PX
  - World Energy Database
- Geothermal Energy Technical Site
- Management and Administration
  - Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. SEAB
    - Electric System Reliability Task Force
- National Energy Technology Laboratory, NETL
  - Economics of Gas Turbines in the PJM Region
- Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution
  - US Transmission Capacity: Present Status and Future Prospects, Eric Hirst, June 2004
- Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability
  - National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, NIETC
- Office of Energy Research
- Office of Fossil Energy
  - Assessment of Opportunities for Advanced Technology Repowering
  - Market-Based Advanced Coal Power Systems
    - Report
    - Appendices
- Office of Nuclear Energy, Science & Technology
- Office of Policy and International Affairs
  - 3/7/2006: North American Energy Work Group Releases Updated Trilateral Energy Report
  - North America - The Energy Picture II
  - Security and Prosperity Partnership, SPP (USA, Canada, Mexico)
    - North American Energy Working Group, NAEWG
- Office of Science Home
  - Grants and Constracts website
- Office of Scientific and Technical Information, OSTI
  - EnergyFiles
  - PrePrint Network
    - Power, Transmission, Distribution and Plants
    - Renewable Energy
  - US DOE Server Map
- Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution
- Power Marketing Administrations (Federal Power Marketing Agencies, FPMA)
- Savannah River Site - operated by Westinghouse Savannah River Co for USDOE.
U.S. Department of Interior,
- Bureau of Land Management, BLM
  - Environmental Study Supports Plans to Facilitate Wind Energy Development on Public Lands, 6/21/2005
- Bureau of Reclamation, USBR
  - Dataweb
    - Select by State or Region - Dams
  - Hoover Dam
    - see also Arizona Power Authority on Arizona page
  - Power
    - Facilities Map (clickable facility map)
    - Hydroelectric Power Plants
    - Power Facilities
      - Photos
    - Reports and Data
  - Regional Offices
- National Park Service
  - Hydropower Assistance
    - Hydro Projects (*.xls)
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USEPA
- search
- Acid Rain Program -- MOVED
  - Emissions Data
    - Hourly Emissions Data (Raw data in EDR format)
    - Reporting Format
  - Acid Rain Emissions Data for Power Plants
  - *Hourly Emission Data through NTIS
    - Acid Rain Hourly Emissions Data (Raw Data File on CD-ROM) NTIS
      - 1997 through 1999 data
- Clean Air Market Program
  - *Clean Air Markets - Data and Maps
    - *Data Sets and Published Reports
      - Emission Data Prepackaged Datasets, download 1980 through 2002, by state by quarter or year
      - Deposition Data Prepackaged Datasets
        
        Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET Data)
      - Acid Rain/OTC Program Hourly Emission Data 1995 through 2003
        
        Raw data in EDR format
  - Emissions Data & Compliance Reports
    - Emissions Scorecard 2001
    - Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database, EGRID
  - Emissions Scorecard 1996
  - Emissions Scorecard 2001
  - Acid Rain Emissions Data for Power Plants
  - *Technology Transfer Network Emission Measurement Center
    - Continuous Emission Monitoring - Information, Guidance, etc
  - US-Canada Air Quality Agreement
- Combine Heat and Power Partnership
- Headquarters Information Resources Center, IRC -- Assistance
- Envirofacts -- Maps On Demand
- Landfill Methane Outreach Program, LMOP
  - Energy Projects and Candidate Landfills
    - LMOP Landfill Database
- *National CT List.xls - includes turbine model
- Online Library System, OLS
  - Advanced National Catalog Search
- Region 1 New England
- Region 2 New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Tribes
- Region 3 Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia
  - News
- Region 4 Southeast
- Region 5 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
- Region 6 Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas
- Region 7 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
- Region 8 Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tribes
- Region 9 Pacific Southwest
- Region 10 Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, 269 Tribes
U.S. Geological Survey, USGS
U.S. Government Printing Office, USGPO
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC
- EDGAR Database

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