The Energy Information Administration has developed a group of new web products, Energy Market Maps, which show the geographic location of key energy sites as of the year 2000. The map series covers the nine U.S. Census Divisions and includes maps of three States in the Pacific Census Division (Alaska, Hawaii, and California) in order to show more detail than would be possible at Division scale. Eleven of the 12 maps in the series have been completed. All contain the same basic information:
Cities
State capitals, cities of at least 200,000 people, and most members of the Department of Energy's Clean Cities Coalition--a government-industry partnership to expand the use of alternative-fuel vehicles--are shown. (Only those Coalition members that can be identified with a particular city are included; e.g., San Francisco is shown but the State of Vermont, also a member, is not.)Electricity
Electricity generation plants, both utility and nonutility, with a net summer capacity of at least 100 megawatts are shown. All nuclear power plants are labeled, and all electricity transmission lines with voltages of 500 kilovolts or more are shown. Conveniently, major electricity transmission lines and natural gas pipeline flows are shown on the same map.
Natural gas
Natural gas transportation routes with capacities of 100 million cubic feet or more per day are shown. The capacities are determined at State borders and nearby compressor stations; arrows indicate the direction of net flow. Every natural gas market center is shown. (A market center is a physical transfer point for natural gas where the operator also offers services that facilitate the buying, selling, and transportation of natural gas.)Petroleum
Ports of entry for crude oil and petroleum product imports with activity of at least 10,000 barrels per day in 1999 and 2000 are shown on the maps. Every petroleum refinery that was operable as of January 1, 2000, is also shown.State-Specific Sites
In addition to the national map elements shown on every map in the series, several States display additional key energy-related sites. For example, the California map includes The Geysers, the site of the first electricity generation from geothermal energy in the United States. The Alaska map includes the Trans-Alaska pipeline, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Detailed information on the sources and selection criteria for all map elements is given in the documentation, which is available via an electronic link below each map.
Energy Market Maps are an element of the Energy Information Administration's Regional Energy Profiles. The maps are available only via EIA's World Wide Web site, where they are rendered in full color and in clearer detail than can be shown in print.
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File last modified: June 27, 2001