Form EIA-860 detailed data
  with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)                                        

Release Date: September 24, 2012 for Final 2011 data
Next Release Date: July 2013

 

The survey Form EIA-860 collects generator-level specific information about existing and planned generators and associated environmental equipment at electric power plants with 1 megawatt or greater of combined nameplate capacity. Summary level data can be found in the Electric Power Annual.

Detailed data are compressed (zip) and contain the following files:

  • LayoutYyy – Provides a directory of all (published) data elements collected on the Form EIA-860 together with the related description, specific file location(s), and, where appropriate, an explanation of codes.
  • GeneratorYyy – Contains generator-level data for the surveyed generators, split into three tabs. The "Exist" tab includes those generators which are currently operating, out of service or on standby; the "Prop" tab includes those generators which are planned and not yet in operation; and the "Ret_IP" tab includes those generators which were cancelled prior to completion and operation and retired generators at existing plants (does not include data for retired generators at plants at which all generators have been retired).
  • OwnerYyy – Contains owner and/or operator data for generators with shared ownership and generators that are wholly-owned by an entity other than the operator (generators not appearing in the file are wholly-owned by their operator).
  • MultiFuelYyy – Contains data on fuel-switching and the use of multiple fuels by surveyed generators, split into three tabs: "Exist," "Prop," and "Ret_IP." See GeneratorsYyy above for a description of the tabs.
  • InterconnectYyy – Contains interconnection data for the surveyed generators.
  • EnviroAssocYyy – Contains boiler association data for the environmental equipment data collected on the Form EIA-860. The "Boiler_Gen" identifies which boilers are associated with each generator; the "Boiler_Cool" tab shows which cooling systems are associated with each boiler; the "Boiler_FGD" tab shows which flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems are associated with each boiler; the "Boiler_FGP" tab shows which flue gas particulate (FGP) collectors are associated with each boiler; and the "Boiler_SF" tab shows which stacks and flues are associated with each boiler.
  • EnviroEquipYyy – Contains environmental equipment data for the surveyed generators. The "Boiler" tab collects boiler data as collected on Schedule 6, Parts B, and C of the Form EIA-860; "Control" tab contains emission data as collected on Schedule 6, Parts D and E; the "Cooling" tab collects cooling system data as collected on Schedule 6, Part F; the "FGD" tab collects FGD data as collected on Schedule 6, Part H; the "FGP" tab collects FGP data as collected on Schedule 6, Part G; and the "StackFlue" tab collects stack and flue data as collected on Schedule 6, Part I.

 

Superseded Form EIA-860A (Utility) & B (Non-Utility) -- Retired Annual Electric Generator Report

Electric utility generator level data includes information for company, facility, unit type, prime mover, in-service date, energy source, heat content, nameplate capacity, summer and winter capability, etc.

860-A (Utility)
Data are compressed into a zip file that expands into xls data files and a txt layout file:

  • PLANTYyy - plant-level data
  • UTILYyy - utility-level data
  • TYPE3Yyy & TYPE4Yyy - 2 generator files for 1990-1997
    or GeneratorOwnershipyyyy, ProposedGeneratorsyyyy, ExistingGeneratorsyyyy - 3 generator files for 1998-2000
  • LAYOUT - ASCII layout file

860-B (Non-Utility)
Data are compressed into a zip file that expands into xls data files and a txt layout file:

  • qfdocket - qualifying data
  • xdocket - plant-level data
  • cogen - cogeneration data
  • nuppfac - non-utility power producer data
  • fuelquant - fuel quantities
  • genergy - 2 generator files
  • generator
  • noxequip - nox removal data
  • LAYOUT - ASCII layout file

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Year format
2011 ZIP
2010 ZIP
2009 ZIP
2008 ZIP
2007 ZIP
2006 ZIP
2005 ZIP
2004 ZIP
2003 ZIP
2002 ZIP
2001
ZIP

 

 

 

Superseded Forms (for data prior to 2001)
    EIA-860 A (utility) and B (nonutility)

Year
Utility Non-utility
2000* ZIP ZIP
1999* ZIP ZIP
1998* ZIP ZIP
1997 ZIP
1996 ZIP
1995 ZIP
1994 ZIP
1993 ZIP
1992 ZIP
1991 ZIP
1990 ZIP
* Revised February 9, 2007

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Electricity Generating Capacity Summary Files

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