Release Date: October 6, 2016 Final 2015 data
Next Release Date: October 2017

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:

• LayoutYyyyy– 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.
• 1___UtilityYyyyy - Contains utility-level data for the plants and generators surveyed in the reporting year.
• 2___PlantYyyyy - Contains plant-level data for the generators surveyed in all available years.
• 3_1_GeneratorYyyyy – Contains generator-level data for the surveyed generators, split into three tabs.
  • The "Operable" tab includes those generators which are currently operating, out of service or on standby;
  • The "Proposed" tab includes those generators which are planned and not yet in operation; and
  • The "Retired and Canceled" tab includes those generators which were cancelled prior to completion and operation and retired generators at existing plants.
• 3_2_WindYyyyy – Contains additional details for surveyed generators that use wind as an energy source, split into two tabs:
• The "Operable" tab includes those generators which are currently operating, out of service or on standby; and
• The "Retired and Canceled" tab includes those generators which were cancelled prior to completion and operation and retired generators at existing plants.
• 3_3_SolarYyyyy - Contains additional details for surveyed generators that use solar as an energy source, split into two tabs:
• The "Operable" tab includes those generators which are currently operating, out of service or on standby;
• The "Retired and Canceled" tab includes those generators which were cancelled prior to completion and operation and retired generators at existing plants.
• 3_4_MultiFuelYyyyy – Contains data on fuel-switching and the use of multiple fuels by surveyed generators, split into three tabs:
• The "Operable" tab includes those generators which are currently operating, out of service or on standby; and
• The "Proposed" tab includes those generators which are planned and not yet in operation; and
• The "Retired and Canceled" tab includes those generators which were cancelled prior to completion and operation and retired generators at existing plants.
• 4___OwnerYyyyy – 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).
• 6_1_EnviroAssocYyyyy – Contains boiler association data for the environmental equipment data collected on the Form EIA-860.
  • The "Boiler Generator" identifies which boilers are associated with each generator;
  • The "Boiler Cooling" tab shows which cooling systems are associated with each boiler;
  • The "Boiler Particulate Matter" tab shows which flue gas particulate (FGP) collectors are associated with each boiler;
  • The "Boiler SO2" tab shows which flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems are associated with each boiler
  • The "Boiler NOx" tab shows which nitrogen oxide control equipment is associated with each boiler;
  • The "Boiler Mercury" tab shows which mercury control equipment is associated with each boiler
  • The "Boiler Stack Flue" tab shows which stacks and flues are associated with each boiler; and
  • The “Emissions Control Equipment” tab shows the operational status, in-service date, and installation costs of all the environmental equipment.
• 6_2_EnviroEquipYyyyy – Contains environmental equipment data for the surveyed generators.
  • The "Emission Standards & Strategies" tab shows boiler data as collected on Schedule 6, Part B of the Form EIA-860;
  • The "Boiler Info & Design Parameters" tab shows boiler data as collected on Schedule 6, Part C;
  • The "Cooling" tab shows cooling system data as collected on Schedule 6, Part D;
  • The "FGP" tab shows FGP data as collected on Schedule 6, Part E;
  • The "FGD" tab shows FGD data as collected on Schedule 6, Part F; and
  • The "StackFlue" tab shows stack and flue data as collected on Schedule 6, Part G.

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

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