core_ferc__codes_accounts

package: pudl

Code table containing descriptions of categorical codes for account numbers from the FERC Uniform System of Accounts for Electric Plant.

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 -- Mix of multiple FERC Forms

Primary key:

ferc_account_id

Usage Warnings

  • 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.

Additional Details

These codes are defined in Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 18, Chapter I, Subchapter C, Part 101. (See e.g. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/18/part-101).

Columns
ferc_account_id

Account identifier from FERC's Uniform System of Accounts for Electric Plant. Includes higher level labeled categories.

ferc_account_description

Description of the FERC account.