_core_eia923__monthly_cooling_system_information
Monthly time series of cooling system information at generation facilities - mainly water volumes and temperatures.
- 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 923 -- Power Plant Operations Report (Schedule 8D)
- Primary key:
plant_id_eia, report_date, cooling_id_eia
Usage Warnings
Some years use a slightly different data definition.
Additional Details
In 2008 and 2009, EIA only reports annual averages, but in later years all data is monthly.
Note: This table has been cleaned, but not 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. Once this table has been harvested, it will be removed from the PUDL database.
Columns
Date reported.
The unique six-digit facility identification number, also called an ORISPL, assigned by the Energy Information Administration.
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)
Operating status of cooling system
Type of cooling system
Total hours the system operated during the month
Calculation method for flow rates (actual or method of estimation)
Method for measurement of temperatures
Maximum cooling water temperature at intake during the summer
Maximum cooling water temperature at intake in winter
Average cooling water temperature at intake point
Maximum cooling water temperature at intake
Maximum cooling water temperature at outlet in summer
Maximum cooling water temperature at outlet in winter
Average cooling water temperature at discharge point
Maximum cooling water temperature at discharge
Annual average consumption rate of cooling water
Monthly average consumption rate of cooling water
Monthly volume of water consumed at consumption point (accurate to 0.1 million gal)
Annual average discharge rate of cooling water
Monthly average discharge rate of cooling water
Monthly volume of water discharged at discharge point (accurate to 0.1 million gal)
Monthly average diversion rate of cooling water
Monthly volume of water diverted at diversion point (accurate to 0.1 million gal)
Annual average withdrawal rate of cooling water
Monthly average withdrawal rate of cooling water
Monthly volume of water withdrawn at withdrawal point (accurate to 0.1 million gal)
Amount of elemental chlorine added to cooling water annually. May be just the amount of chlorine-containing compound if schedule 9 is filled out.
Amount of elemental chlorine added to cooling water monthly. May be just the amount of chlorine-containing compound if schedule 9 is filled out.
Maturity of the source data published by EIA that is reflected in this record. EIA releases data incrementally over time, including monthly updates, annual year-to-date updates, provisional early releases of annual data, and final annual release data that is not expected to change further. Records sourced from multiple upstream EIA datasets may have no well defined data maturity. Records whose values have been inferred within PUDL will also have no data maturity.