core_ferc1__yearly_cash_flows_sched120

package: pudl

Annual time series of utility cash flow.

Most-recent data:

2025

Processing:

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

Source:

FERC Form 1 -- Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities (Schedule 120)

Primary key:

utility_id_ferc1, report_year, amount_type

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
record_id

Identifier indicating original FERC Form 1 source record. format: {table_name}_{report_year}_{report_prd}_{respondent_id}_{spplmnt_num}_{row_number}. Unique within FERC Form 1 DB tables which are not row-mapped.

report_year

Four-digit year in which the data was reported.

utility_id_ferc1

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.

amount_type

Label describing the type of amount being reported. This could be a balance or a change in value.

amount

Reported amount of dollars. This could be a balance or a change in value.

balance

Indication of whether a column is a credit or debit, as reported in the XBRL taxonomy.

row_type_xbrl

Indicates whether the value reported in the row is calculated, or uniquely reported within the table.