>>> eGRID2012 Release Notes <<<

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*  05/10/2012 eGRID2012 Version 1.0 with Year 2009 Data Released *
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    See the Technical Support Document "WHAT’S NEW IN eGRID2012" for descriptions about changes in eGRID2012.


    Current available files:
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    Filename                                               File description on website:
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     eGRID2012_Version1-0.zip                              eGRID2012 Version 1.0 - all files (ZIP)
      -> contains files:

         eGRID2012V1_0_year09_DATA.xls
         eGRID2012V1_0_year09_SummaryTables.pdf
         eGRID2012V1_0_year09_GHGOutputRates.pdf
         eGRID2012_year09_TechnicalSupportDocument.pdf
         eGRID2012_year09_FileStructure.pdf
         eGRID2012_NERC_regions.jpg
         eGRID2012_eGRID_subregions.jpg
         eGRID2012V1_0_ReleaseNotes.txt

     (*) eGRID2010V1_1_year07_PLANT.xls
         eGRID2010V1_1_year07_AGGREGATION.xls
         eGRID2010V1_1_STIE_USGC.xls
         eGRID2010V1_1_year07_SummaryTables.pdf
         eGRID2010V1_1_year07_GHGOutputRates.pdf
         eGRID2010TechnicalSupportDocument.pdf
         eGRID2010FileStructure.pdf
         eGRID2010V1_1_ReleaseNotes.txt

         eGRID2007V1_1_year05_plant.xls
         eGRID2007V1_1_year05_aggregation.xls
         eGRID2007V1_1_year05_SummaryTables.pdf
         eGRID2007V1_1_year05_GHGOutputRates.pdf
         eGRID2007TechnicalSupportDocument.pdf

         eGRID2006V2_1_year04_plant.xls
         eGRID2006V2_1_year04_aggregation.xls
         eGRID2006V2_1_Summary_Tables.pdf
         eGRID2006V2_1_TSD.pdf

         The_Value_of_eGRID_Dec_2009.pdf


     eGRID2012V1_0_year09_DATA.xls                         eGRID2012 year 2009 data files (XLS)

     eGRID2012V1_0_year09_SummaryTables.pdf                eGRID2012 year 2009 Summary Tables (PDF)

     eGRID2012V1_0_year09_GHGOutputRates.pdf               eGRID2012 year 2009 eGRID subregion GHG output emission rates (PDF)

     eGRID2012_year09_TechnicalSupportDocument.pdf         eGRID2012 year 2009 Technical Support Document (PDF)

     eGRID2012_year09_FileStructure.pdf                    eGRID2012 year 2009 file structure document (PDF)

     eGRID2012_NERC_regions.jpg                            eGRID2012 NERC region representational map (JPG)

     eGRID2012_eGRID_subregions.jpg                        eGRID2012 eGRID subregion representational map (JPG)

     eGRID2012V1_0_ReleaseNotes.txt                        eGRID2012 Release Notes (TXT)
      -> (this file)



     eGRID2010_Version1-1_xls_only.zip                     eGRID2010 year 2007 plant and aggregation files and file structure document (ZIP)
      -> contains files:
     (*) eGRID2010V1_1_year07_PLANT.xls
         eGRID2010V1_1_year07_AGGREGATION.xls
         eGRID2010FileStructure.pdf

     eGRID2010V1_1_STIE_USGC.xls                           eGRID2010 state import-export files (XLS)

     eGRID2010TechnicalSupportDocument.pdf                 eGRID2010 year 2007 Technical Support Document (PDF)

     eGRID2010V1_1_year07_SummaryTables.pdf                eGRID2010 year 2007 Summary Tables (PDF)

     eGRID2010V1_1_year07_GHGOutputRates.pdf               eGRID2010 year 2007 eGRID subregion GHG output emission rates (PDF)

     eGRID2010V1_1_ReleaseNotes.txt                        eGRID2010 Release Notes (TXT)



     eGRID2007_Version1-1_xls_only.zip                     eGRID2007 year 2005 plant and aggregation files (ZIP)
      -> contains files:
         eGRID2007V1_1_year05_plant.xls
         eGRID2007V1_1_year05_aggregation.xls

     eGRID2007TechnicalSupportDocument.pdf                 eGRID2007 year 2005 Technical Support Document (PDF)
  
     eGRID2007V1_1_year05_SummaryTables.pdf                eGRID2007 year 2005 Summary Tables (PDF)

     eGRID2007V1_1_year05_GHGOutputRates.pdf               eGRID2007 year 2005 subregion GHG output emission rates (PDF)



     eGRID2006_Version2-1_xls_only.zip                     eGRID2006 year 2004 plant and aggregation files (ZIP)
      -> contains files:
         eGRID2006V2_1_year04_plant.xls
         eGRID2006V2_1_year04_aggregation.xls

     eGRID2006V2_1_TSD.pdf                                 eGRID2006 year 2004 Technical Support Document (PDF)

     eGRID2006V2_1_Summary_Tables.pdf                      eGRID2006 year 2004 Summary Tables (PDF)



     The_Value_of_eGRID_Dec_2009.pdf                       Paper: The Value of eGRID and eGRIDweb to GHG Inventories (PDF)


 (*) One file in the previous edition of eGRID, eGRID2010V1_1_year07_PLANT.xls, is updated in this edition of eGRID.  This update 
     corrects the plant longitude for those plants whose longitude is -99.xx (they had inadvertently been replaced by 
     ‘N/A’ in the previous edition).