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EIA Open Data

U.S. energy statistics, about 2 million series per EIA's docs: electricity (including hourly Balancing Authority data), natural gas (including prices and weekly storage), petroleum (including prices), coal, nuclear outages, short- and long-term outlooks; history and frequency vary by series (checked Oct 28, 2026)

Open eia.gov
Signal Scoredraft model
85
Access
Free key · free registration key for the API; none for bulk files
15
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-11-04
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
free registration key for the API; none for bulk files
Free tier
Free API key (name, email and category; EIA emails the key). Bulk files need no key. The API returns at most 5,000 rows per JSON request (300 for XML). No numeric request limit stated.
Rate limits
Not stated numerically. EIA: programs "must throttle the number of the requests they make per second and per hour"; exceeding the tolerances suspends the key temporarily.
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
EIA Copyrights and Reuse: "U.S. government publications are in the public domain and are not subject to copyright protection." EIA asks for an acknowledgment with the publication date. API terms: name the EIA as source, no implied endorsement; logo trademarked. Third-party items on eia.gov may be protected.
Attribution
Requested: "you should use an acknowledgment, which includes the publication date, such as: "Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Oct 2008)."" API terms: "You should use the "EIA" or the "U.S. Energy Information Administration" names in order to identify the source". The words are "should", not "must".

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-04

  1. 01www.eia.gov/opendata/
  2. 02www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php
  3. 03www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php
  4. 04www.eia.gov/opendata/terms-of-service.php
  5. 05www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php

// Good for

macroeconomic-datahistorical-data

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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Reply · selected fields
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  "slug": "eia-open-data",
  "domain": "Global Macro",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "free registration key for the API; none for bulk files",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated numerically. EIA: programs \"must throttle the number of the requests they make per second and per hour\"; exceeding the tolerances suspends the key temporarily.",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-04",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.eia.gov/opendata/",
    "https://www.eia.gov/opendata/documentation.php",
    "https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php",
    "https://www.eia.gov/opendata/terms-of-service.php",
    "https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "macro",
    "economic-data",
    "historical-data"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://www.eia.gov/opendata/"
}

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