EIA starts testing real-time electric data from lower 48 states

August 18, 2016 Wayne Barber Generation

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is testing out a webpage that will offer “near real-time” electric operations data for the lower 48 states.

The U.S. Electric System Operating Data is currently being published online in a “Beta” test form. The project is not final “and may contain programming errors,” EIA said.

The webpage is currently up largely “for public testing and comment only.”

Some of the data points on the test webpage include yesterday’s U.S. peak demand and how that compares to the day before; the week before and the year before.

The streaming EIA electric data test page can be found at:

http://www.eia.gov/beta/realtime_grid/?src=home-b1#/summary/demand?end=20160818&start=20160718

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Wayne Barber, Chief Analyst for the GenerationHub, has been covering power generation, energy and natural resources issues at national publications for more than 20 years. Prior to joining PennWell he was editor of Generation Markets Week at SNL Financial for nine years. He has also worked as a business journalist at both McGraw-Hill and Financial Times Energy. Wayne also worked as a newspaper reporter for several years. During his career has visited nuclear reactors and coal mines as well as coal and natural gas power plants. Wayne can be reached at wayneb@pennwell.com.
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