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EPA eGRID

The 2023 plant file covers virtually every U.S. grid-connected plant at facilities with at least 1 MW of combined nameplate capacity; Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico are included. The current workbook is revision 2, released June 12, 2025, and historical editions reach 1996 with gaps between data years.

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verified 2026-11-01
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Licence note
EPA states: "eGRID data is produced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the public domain and is available for use both non-commercially and commercially."
Attribution
EPA provides suggested APA, MLA and Chicago citations for the eGRID 2023 data on its frequent-questions page.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.epa.gov/egrid/detailed-data
  2. 02www.epa.gov/egrid/frequent-questions-about-egrid
  3. 03www.epa.gov/egrid/historical-egrid-data
  4. 04www.epa.gov/egrid/known-issues-data-notes-and-revisions
  5. 05www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-06/egrid2023_data_rev2.xlsx

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