Constructing a comprehensive tool for consumers to compare electricity providers and solar installers in their area is a huge undertaking. It is only made possible by the tireless efforts of data scientists, engineers and researchers at various government and private organizations. These individuals work to collect and publish otherwise unavailable data that shines light on how our energy is created, energy costs across the United States and the environmental impact of our energy consumption.
As of this writing, the information presented on FindEnergy.com is powered by more than 1 billion data points and calculations. While not all of the data we use is publicly available, the datasets that we pull from the EIA and Census Bureau are the backbone of the tools that we have created here at FindEnergy. These datasets are supplemented by data from the EPA, NREL, Homeland Security, the Department of Energy and others. In addition, FindEnergy collects proprietary, unpublished data directly from electricity providers, solar installers, IP-verified consumers and other sources. The combination of these data sources has enabled FindEnergy to create the most comprehensive energy data resource on the internet.
Below, you can see a list of the major data sources that enabled us to build FindEnergy.com. We owe our sincere gratitude to the individuals and agencies that continue the effort of publishing unbiased data on the United States energy industry.
ACEEE | Policy Database*, database.aceee.org/.
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"Appliances and electronics." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/energysaver/save-electricity-and-fuel/appliances-and-electronics.
"Average residential price." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_m.htm.
"Buying and driving fuel efficient and alternative fuel vehicles." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/energysaver/vehicles-and-fuels/buying-and-driving-fuel-efficient-and-alternative-fuel-vehicles.
"Buying and making electricity." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/energysaver/save-electricity-and-fuel/buying-and-making-electricity.
"Clean energy." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/science-innovation/clean-energy.
"Community power map." Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2 Feb. 2021, ilsr.org/community-power-map/.
"Detailed state data." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/.
DSIRE, www.dsireusa.org/.
"Electric power monthly." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/.
"Electric retail service territories." Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD), hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/c4fd0b01c2544a2f83440dab292f0980_0/explore.
"Electric sales, revenue, and average price - Energy Information Administration." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/sales_revenue_price/index.php.
"Electricity data browser." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/1?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtvv&geo=g&sec=g&freq=M&start=200101&end=202003&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&rtype=s&maptype=0&rse=0&pin=.
"Electricity." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923m/.
"Emissions by plant and by region." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/emissions/.
"Energy efficiency." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/eere/energy-efficiency.
"Energy sources." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-sources.
"Form EIA-411 data." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia411/.
"Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/.
"Form EIA-861M (formerly EIA-826) detailed data." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861m/.
"Form EIA-923 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-906/920)." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923/.
"GHG emission factors hub." US EPA, 1 Apr. 2021, www.epa.gov/climateleadership/ghg-emission-factors-hub.
"LADWP solar incentive program." Datasets - CKAN, 2 Dec. 2020, catalog.data.gov/dataset/ladwp-solar-incentive-program.
"LEAD tool." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/eere/slsc/maps/lead-tool.
"List of United States utility companies and aliases." Energy Information and Data | OpenEI.org, openei.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Utility_Companies_and_Aliases.
"Natural gas delivered to consumers." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_cons_sum_a_EPG0_vgt_mmcf_m.htm.
"OEI/TRI_NationalAnalysis_2018 (MapServer)." Folder: /, geodata.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OEI/TRI_NationalAnalysis_2018/MapServer.
"Open energy data initiative (OEDI)." OpenEI, data.openei.org/submissions/101.
"Preliminary monthly electric generator inventory (based on form EIA-860M as a supplement to form EIA-860)." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/.
"Preliminary monthly electric generator inventory (based on form EIA-860M as a supplement to form EIA-860)." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/.
"Preliminary monthly electric generator inventory (based on form EIA-860M as a supplement to form EIA-860)." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/.
"Prices & trends." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/energy-economy/prices-trends.
PVWatts Calculator, pvwatts.nrel.gov/.
"QB." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/opendata/qb.php?category=35.
"Save electricity and fuel." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/energysaver/save-electricity-and-fuel.
"Sharing the sun community solar project data | NREL data catalog." NREL Data Catalog l NREL, data.nrel.gov/submissions/114.
"Slope." Geospatial Data Science Data and Tools | Geospatial Data Science | NREL, maps.nrel.gov/slope#/results/sources?city=Philadelphia&abv=PA§ion=electricity¤tState=Pennsylvania&lat=39.9525839&lng=-75.1652215.
"Solar electric programs reported by NYSERDA: Beginning 2000." Datasets - CKAN, 20 Nov. 2020, catalog.data.gov/dataset/solar-electric-programs-reported-by-nyserda-beginning-2000.
"Solar for all." Geospatial Data Science Data and Tools | Geospatial Data Science | NREL, maps.nrel.gov/solar-for-all/?aL=0&bL=clight&cE=0&lR=0&mC=31.952162238024975%2C-71.455078125&zL=4.
"State & local government." Energy.gov, www.energy.gov/energy-economy/state-local-government.
"Toxics release inventory (TRI) program." US EPA, 9 July 2020, www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program.
"U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/naturalgas/ngqs/#?report=RP2&year1=2010&year2=2018&sortby=ICA&company=Name&items=0110VL,0120VL,0210VL,0220VL,0230VL,0300VL,0400VL,0500VL,0600VL,0700VL,0800VL.
"U.S. natural gas consumption by end use." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_cons_sum_dcu_nus_m.htm.
"U.S. utility rate database." Energy Information and Data | OpenEI.org, openei.org/apps/USURDB/.
United States Environmental Protection Agency | US EPA, www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-12/zip.csv.
"United States." U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/state/.
"American Community Survey 1-Year Data (2005-2019)." The United States Census Bureau, 17 Sept. 2020, www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-1year.html.