core_eia930__hourly_subregion_demand

package: pudl

Hourly time series of balancing authority subregion demand.

Most-recent data:

2026

Processing:

Data has been cleaned and organized into well-modeled tables that serve as building blocks for downstream wide tables and analyses.

Source:

EIA Form 930 -- Hourly and Daily Balancing Authority Operations Report

Primary key:

datetime_utc, balancing_authority_code_eia, balancing_authority_subregion_code_eia

Additional Details

For select BAs, balancing authority subregion demand provides a further level of geographic disaggregation (for example, load zones, weather zones, operating company areas, local BAs, etc.) within a BA's electric system.

Columns
datetime_utc

Timestamp at the end of the hour for which the data is reported.

balancing_authority_code_eia

EIA short code identifying a balancing authority. May include Canadian and Mexican BAs.

balancing_authority_subregion_code_eia

Code identifying subregions of larger balancing authorities.

demand_reported_mwh

Originally reported electricity demand for the balancing area subregion. Note that different BAs have different methods of calculating and allocating subregion demand.