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Form EIA-906 and EIA-920 Databases
                                         


The January 2008 file includes utility and nonutility generation and fuel consumption and stocks data from Schedule 3, 4, and 5 of the new Form EIA-923. It is formatted in the same manner as the EIA-906_920 database.


Form EIA-906 and EIA-920 Databases

The EIA-906 and EIA-920, and predecessor forms, provide monthly and annual data on generation and fuel consumption at the power plant and prime mover level. Data for utility plants is available from 1970, and for non-utility plants from 1999. Beginning with January 2004 data collection a new form, the EIA-920, has been used to collect data from the combined heat and power plant (cogeneration) segment of the non-utility sector.

The power plant data has historically been published as database (.DBF) files, with separate files for utility and non-utility plants. For 2002 data and subsequent years, EIA is publishing the data in an Excel spreadsheet file that includes data for all plants and makes other changes to the presentation of the data.

Note that beginning with January 2002, the data for combined heat and power plants (i.e., the plants that provide data on the EIA-920 form) will only be posted in the combined Excel file.

The links will allow you to download the current Excel files, and will take you to the locations from which you can download the DBF-format utility and non-utility files for 2001 and earlier. The "Database Notes from EIA" link will take you to information on changes to the data and other points of interest to users.

Combined (Utility, Non-Utility, and Combined Heat & Power Plant) Database in Excel Format

EIA is now using an Excel file for the posting of EIA-906 and EIA-920 data. This single Excel file includes the data for utilities and non-utilities.

Utility Database Legacy (.DBF) Format
Non-Utility Database Legacy (.DBF) Format
Database Notes from EIA Updated 8/10/06
Comments or Questions? E-Mail EIA-906@eia.doe.gov

The Form EIA 906/920 databases for 2001 to 2005 have been updated.

2001 to 2006 final data were revised for publication in 2007. Municipal solid waste (formerly fuel code MSW) consumption for generation of electric power has been split into biogenic and non-biogenic components. Biogenic MSW, now MSB, is included in Other Renewables (ORW), while non-biogenic MSW, now MSN, is included under the Other (OTH) category. Tire-derived fuels (TDF) is also reclassified as Other (OTH), and is no longer counted in the Other Renewables (ORW) category. More information about the methodology used to split reported MSW into these components can be found in the Appendix C, Technical Notes, to the Electric Power Monthly at:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm.pdf

Downloads
Year Format
EIA-923 January - September 2008 Excel Format EXE ZIP
EIA-906/920 December 2007 Excel Format EXE ZIP
EIA-906/920 January - December 2006 Excel Format EXE ZIP
EIA-906/920 January - December 2005 and Nonutility Energy Balance Data 2005 Excel Format EXE ZIP
EIA-906/920 January - December 2004 and Nonutility Energy Balance Data 2004 Excel Format EXE ZIP
F906 January - December 2003 Excel Format EXE ZIP
F906 January - December 2002 Excel Format EXE ZIP
F906 January - December 2001 Excel Format EXE ZIP

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