_core_eia860__cooling_equipment
Information about cooling equipment at generation facilities.
- Most-recent data:
2024
- Processing:
Data has been cleaned but not tidied/normalized. Published only temporarily and may be removed without notice.
- Source:
EIA Form 860 -- Annual Electric Generator Report (Schedule 6D)
- Primary key:
plant_id_eia, utility_id_eia, cooling_id_eia, report_date
Usage Warnings
This table has not been harvested with other EIA 923 or 860 data. The same variables present in this table may show up in other _core tables in other years.
Additional Details
A single plant can have several collections of cooling equipment, so each line in this table represents one cooling system at a given plant. You can determine how to link each set of cooling equipment to specific boilers in a plant via core_eia860__assn_boiler_cooling.
EIA-860 respondents are required to submit information about cooling equipment for plants over 100 MW - including steam, combined cycle, nuclear or solar thermal generators.
This table has been cleaned, but not tidied/normalized with other EIA 923 or 860 data. The same variables present in this table may show up in other tables and/or in other years. Once this table has been harvested, it will be converted into a``core`` table.
Columns
Date reported.
The unique six-digit facility identification number, also called an ORISPL, assigned by the Energy Information Administration.
Plant name.
EIA Identification code for cooling system (if multiple cooling systems are not distinguished by separate IDs, the word 'PLANT' is listed to encompass the cooling system for the entire plant)
The EIA Utility Identification number.
The name of the utility.
County name.
Two letter US state abbreviation.
Actual installed cost for the existing chlorine discharge control system or the anticipated cost to bring the chlorine discharge control system into commercial operation
Actual or projected in-service date for chlorine discharge control structures and equipment
Actual installed cost for the existing system or the anticipated cost to bring the total system into commercial operation
Operating status of cooling system
The actual or projected in-service datetime of this cooling system
Type of cooling system
Type of cooling system
Type of cooling system
Type of cooling system
Name of river, lake, or water source that cooling water is discharged into
Name of river, lake, or water source that provides cooling water
Maximum distance from shore to intake
Average distance below water surface to intake
Design cooling water flow rate at 100 percent load at in-take
Maximum distance from shore to outlet
Average distance below water surface to outlet
Percent of cooling load served by dry cooling components
The plant summer capacity associated with the operating generators at the plant
Actual installed cost for the existing cooling ponds or the anticipated cost to bring the cooling ponds into commercial operation
Cooling ponds actual or projected in-service date
Total surface area of cooling pond
Total volume of water in cooling pond
Maximum power requirement for cooling towers at 100 percent load
Code that describes types of steam plants from EIA 860. See steam_plant_types_eia table for more details.
Actual installed cost for the existing cooling towers or the anticipated cost to bring the cooling towers into commercial operation
Cooling towers actual or projected in-service date
Types of cooling towers at this plant
Types of cooling towers at this plant
Types of cooling towers at this plant
Types of cooling towers at this plant
Maximum design rate of water flow at 100 percent load for the cooling towers
Type of cooling water source
Name of water source associated with the plant.
Type of cooling water