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- Name: Form EIA-923
- Author: Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Description: Electric power data -- monthly and annually -- on electricity generation, fuel consumption, fossil fuel stocks, and receipts at the power plant and prime mover level for 2016
- Source: https://www.eia.gov
- Exact source location: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923/
- Name: 2016 State of the Grid Report
- Author: Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
- Description: 2016 report on the state of the electric grid managed by ERCOT. In particular, the 2016 Energy Use bar plot was exploited.
- Source: https://www.ercot.gov
- Exact source location: http://www.ercot.com/news/presentations/2016
- Modifications to source files(s): Aggregation were made in source #1 to obtain the electricity generated by each generator type in each load zone of the Western interconnection.
- Location: postreise/data/2016_Historical_Texas_Generation_TWh.csv
The dataset is used to gauge the generation level out of our simulations across the Texas interconnection. Usually used in plots.
- Name: Form EIA-923
- Author: EIA
- Description: Electric power data -- monthly and annually -- on electricity generation, fuel consumption, fossil fuel stocks, and receipts at the power plant and prime mover level for 2016
- Source: https://www.eia.gov
- Exact source location: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923/
- Modifications to source files(s): Aggregation were made to obtain the electricity generated by each generator type in each load zone of the Western interconnection.
- Location: postreise/data/2016_Historical_Western_Generation_TWh.csv
The dataset is used to gauge the generation level out of our simulations across the Western interconnection. Usually used in plots.
- Name: Form EIA-923
- Author: EIA
- Description: Electric power data -- monthly and annually -- on electricity generation, fuel consumption, fossil fuel stocks, and receipts at the power plant and prime mover level for 2016
- Source: https://www.eia.gov
- Exact source location: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923/
- Name: 2016 State of the Grid Report
- Author: Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
- Description: 2016 report on the state of the electric grid managed by ERCOT. In particular, the 2016 Energy Use bar plot was exploited.
- Source: https://www.ercot.gov
- Exact source location: http://www.ercot.com/news/presentations/2016
- Modifications to source files(s): Aggregation were made in source #1 to obtain the electricity generated by each generator type in each load zone of the Western interconnection.
- Location: postreise/data/2016_Historical_USA_TAMU_Generation_GWh.csv
The dataset is used to gauge the generation level out of our simulations across the United States. Usually used in plots.
- Name: Form EIA-860
- Author: EIA
- Description: 2016 solar technology data for operable units (Schedule 3)
- Source: https://www.eia.gov
- Exact source location: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/
- Modifications to source file(s): Aggregation were made in source to obtain the generation capacity for each generator type in each load zone.
- Location:
- postreise/data/2016_Historical_Texas_Capacity_GW.csv
- postreise/data/2016_Historical_Western_Capacity_GW.csv
- postreise/data/2016_Historical_USA_TAMU_Capacity_MW.csv
The dataset is used to compare the generation capacity in our scenarios to values reported by EIA. Usually used in plots.
- Name: Standard Scenarios Results Viewer
- Author: NREL
- Description: Dashboard web application showcasing results from scenarios ran by NREL
- Source: https://openei.org
- Exact source location: https://openei.org/apps/reeds/#
- Modifications to source file(s): None
- Location:
- postreise/data/2016_NREL_Low_Demand_Western_Generation_TWh.csv
- postreise/data/2016_NREL_Mid_Case_Western_Generation_TWh.csv
The dataset is used to compare the generation level out of our simulations to values obtained in scenarios ran by NREL. Usually used in plots.
Recommended citation: Cole, Wesley, Nathaniel Gates, Trieu Mai, Daniel Greer, and Paritosh Das. 2019. 2019 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP-6A20-74110. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/74110.pdf.
- Name: Cartographic Boundary Files
- Author: United States Census Bureau
- Description: Outlines of the state borders
- Source: https://www.census.gov
- Exact source location: https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.html
- Modifications to source file(s): None (besides unzipping)
- Location: hosted at https://besciences.blob.core.windows.net/us-shapefiles/
- cb_2018_us_state_20m.cpg
- cb_2018_us_state_20m.dbf
- cb_2018_us_state_20m.prj
- cb_2018_us_state_20m.shp
- cb_2018_us_state_20m.shx
- Modifications to source file(s): Convert shapefile [multi-]polygon shapes for each state to JSON-formatted dict of arrays of lat/lon coordinates, padded by NaN values between polygons. Data should be virtually identical, subject to floating point precision.
- Location: hosted at https://besciences.blob.core.windows.net/us-shapefiles/state_shapes.json
These files are used when plotting map-based visualizations (e.g. maps of congestion, LMPs, etc.), to display state borders.
- Name: Clean Energy Targets
- Author: National Conference of State Legislatures
- Description: State Renewable Portfolio Standards and Goals
- Source: https://www.ncsl.org/
- Exact source location: https://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/renewable-portfolio-standards.aspx
- Modifications to source file(s): Csv files are created to put down the target numbers for each state.
- Location
- postreise/data/2030_USA_Clean_Energy_Regular_Targets.csv
- postreise/data/2030_USA_Clean_Energy_Ambitious_Targets.csv
These files are used in demo notebook bar_shortfall_demo.ipynb to provide reference targets in the bar charts. The user can pass any target info into the function.