out_ferc1__yearly_steam_plants_fuel_by_plant_sched402
Return to SearchAnnual time series of FERC fuel data by plant.
- Most-recent data:
2024
- Processing:
Data has been expanded into a wide/denormalized format, with IDs and codes accompanied by human-readable names and descriptions.
- Source:
FERC Form 1 -- Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities (Schedule 402)
- Primary key:
report_year, utility_id_ferc1, plant_name_ferc1
Usage Warnings
Some columns contain subtotals; use caution when choosing columns to aggregate.
FERC data is notoriously difficult to extract cleanly, and often contains free-form strings, non-labeled total rows and lack of IDs. See Notable Irregularities for details.
Columns
Four-digit year in which the data was reported.
PUDL-assigned utility ID, identifying a FERC1 utility. This is an auto-incremented ID and is not expected to be stable from year to year.
FERC-assigned respondent_id from DBF reporting years, identifying the reporting entity. Stable from year to year.
FERC-assigned entity_id from XBRL reporting years, identifying the reporting entity. Stable from year to year.
A manually assigned PUDL utility ID. May not be stable over time.
Name of the responding utility, as it is reported in FERC Form 1. For human readability only.
A manually assigned PUDL plant ID. May not be constant over time.
Name of the plant, as reported to FERC. This is a freeform string, not guaranteed to be consistent across references to the same plant.
Coal cost as a percentage of overall fuel cost.
Coal heat content as a percentage of overall fuel heat content (MMBTU).
Total fuel cost for plant (in $USD).
Total heat content for plant (in MMBTU).
Natural gas cost as a percentage of overall fuel cost.
Natural gas heat content as a percentage of overall fuel heat content (MMBTU).
Nuclear cost as a percentage of overall fuel cost.
Nuclear heat content as a percentage of overall fuel heat content (MMBTU).
Oil cost as a percentage of overall fuel cost.
Oil heat content as a percentage of overall fuel heat content (MMBTU).
Primary fuel for plant as a percentage of cost.
Primary fuel for plant as a percentage of heat content.
Waste-heat cost as a percentage of overall fuel cost.
Waste-heat heat content as a percentage of overall fuel heat content (MMBTU).