🔔 EIA-860 Annual Power Plant Master

One normalized power_plant_record per plant in EIA's annual Form EIA-860 — utility, plant code and name, location, balancing authority, NERC region, sector, regulatory and FERC statuses, grid voltages, gas pipeline associations, and more — carried verbatim from the official annual workbook.

Differentiation: this is the FINAL annual plant master — explicitly labelled FINAL on every record — as opposed to the monthly EIA-860M, which EIA marks preliminary. Filter by state, balancing authority, utility, or plant code and pay per delivered plant. One plant per record, deduplicated on plant code.

Output is one power_plant_record row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one power plant record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.02 per power plant record). Source: www.eia.gov.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run KJI7xaazrAU4XKgGw on build 0.1.5 (2026-09-19), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

utility_name	plant_name	street_address	county	longitude	sector_name
Sand Point Generating, LLC	Sand Point	100 Power Plant Way	Aleutians East	-160.497222	Electric Utility
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.	Annex Creek	Annex Creek	Juneau	-134.101	Electric Utility
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.	Gold Creek	700 Capital Ave.	Juneau	-134.4174	Electric Utility
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.	Lemon Creek	5601 Tonsgard Ct.	Juneau	-134.4953	Electric Utility
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.	Salmon Creek 1	2750 Channel Vista Dr.	Juneau	-134.4631	Electric Utility
Alaska Power and Telephone Co	Skagway	110 Spring St	Skagway Hoonah Angoon	-135.3131	Electric Utility
Alaska Power and Telephone Co	Haines	241 Dalton St.	Haines	-135.446228	Electric Utility
Southeast Alaska Power Agency	Swan Lake	Carroll Inlet	Ketchikan Gateway	-131.356111	Commercial Non-CHP

The run finished with the status message: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from eia8602025. billable=50

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• utility_id (string/null) — e.g. 63560
• utility_name (string/null) — e.g. Sand Point Generating, LLC
• plant_code (string/null) — e.g. 1
• plant_name (string/null) — e.g. Sand Point
• street_address (string/null) — e.g. 100 Power Plant Way
• city (string/null) — e.g. Sand Point
• state (string/null) — e.g. AK
• zip (string/null) — e.g. 99661
• county (string/null) — e.g. Aleutians East
• latitude (string/null) — e.g. 55.339722
• longitude (string/null) — e.g. -160.497222
• nerc_region (string/null) — null in every sample row
• balancing_authority_code (string/null) — e.g. NA
• balancing_authority_name (string/null) — e.g. No BA
• name_of_water_source (string/null) — e.g. Annex Creek Lake
• primary_purpose_naics_code (string/null) — e.g. 22
• regulatory_status (string/null) — e.g. RE
• sector (string/null) — e.g. 1
• sector_name (string/null) — e.g. Electric Utility
• ferc_cogeneration_status (string/null) — e.g. N
• ferc_cogeneration_docket_number (string/null) — null in every sample row
• ferc_small_power_producer_status (string/null) — e.g. N
• ferc_small_power_producer_docket_number (string/null) — null in every sample row
• ferc_exempt_wholesale_generator_status (string/null) — e.g. N
• ferc_exempt_wholesale_generator_docket_number (string/null) — null in every sample row
• ash_impoundment (string/null) — e.g. N
• ash_impoundment_lined (string/null) — e.g. X
• ash_impoundment_status (string/null) — null in every sample row
• transmission_or_distribution_system_owner (string/null) — e.g. TDX Sand Point Generating, LLC
• transmission_or_distribution_system_owner_id (string/null) — e.g. 63560
• transmission_or_distribution_system_owner_state (string/null) — e.g. AK
• grid_voltage_kv (string/null) — e.g. 0.48
• grid_voltage_2_kv (string/null) — e.g. 34.5
• grid_voltage_3_kv (string/null) — e.g. 34.5
• energy_storage (string/null) — e.g. N
• natural_gas_ldc_name (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_pipeline_name_1 (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_pipeline_name_2 (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_pipeline_name_3 (string/null) — null in every sample row
• pipeline_notes (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_storage (string/null) — e.g. N
• liquefied_natural_gas_storage (string/null) — e.g. X
• record_type (string/null) — e.g. power_plant_record
• data_status (string/null) — e.g. FINAL
• record_key (string/null) — e.g. 1:2025
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/
• source (string/null) — e.g. eia-860-annual-power-plant-master
• release_date (string/null) — e.g. eia8602025
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-19T00:25:29Z
• release_checksum (string/null) — e.g. 2025
• license (string/null) — e.g. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-860 (ANNUAL, FINAL) — U.S
• attribution (string/null) — e.g. U.S. Energy Information Administration — Form EIA-860 (https://www.eia.gov/elect
• terminal (string/null) — null in every sample row
• scope (string/null) — null in every sample row
• note (string/null) — null in every sample row
• reported_total (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• raw_seen (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• duplicates (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• unique_found (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• delivered (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row

✅ What you get

• utility_id (string/null) — e.g. 63560
• utility_name (string/null) — e.g. Sand Point Generating, LLC
• plant_code (string/null) — e.g. 1
• plant_name (string/null) — e.g. Sand Point
• street_address (string/null) — e.g. 100 Power Plant Way
• city (string/null) — e.g. Sand Point
• state (string/null) — e.g. AK
• zip (string/null) — e.g. 99661
• county (string/null) — e.g. Aleutians East
• latitude (string/null) — e.g. 55.339722
• longitude (string/null) — e.g. -160.497222
• nerc_region (string/null) — null in every sample row
• balancing_authority_code (string/null) — e.g. NA
• balancing_authority_name (string/null) — e.g. No BA
• name_of_water_source (string/null) — e.g. Annex Creek Lake
• primary_purpose_naics_code (string/null) — e.g. 22
• regulatory_status (string/null) — e.g. RE
• sector (string/null) — e.g. 1
• sector_name (string/null) — e.g. Electric Utility
• ferc_cogeneration_status (string/null) — e.g. N
• ferc_cogeneration_docket_number (string/null) — null in every sample row
• ferc_small_power_producer_status (string/null) — e.g. N
• ferc_small_power_producer_docket_number (string/null) — null in every sample row
• ferc_exempt_wholesale_generator_status (string/null) — e.g. N
• ferc_exempt_wholesale_generator_docket_number (string/null) — null in every sample row
• ash_impoundment (string/null) — e.g. N
• ash_impoundment_lined (string/null) — e.g. X
• ash_impoundment_status (string/null) — null in every sample row
• transmission_or_distribution_system_owner (string/null) — e.g. TDX Sand Point Generating, LLC
• transmission_or_distribution_system_owner_id (string/null) — e.g. 63560
• transmission_or_distribution_system_owner_state (string/null) — e.g. AK
• grid_voltage_kv (string/null) — e.g. 0.48
• grid_voltage_2_kv (string/null) — e.g. 34.5
• grid_voltage_3_kv (string/null) — e.g. 34.5
• energy_storage (string/null) — e.g. N
• natural_gas_ldc_name (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_pipeline_name_1 (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_pipeline_name_2 (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_pipeline_name_3 (string/null) — null in every sample row
• pipeline_notes (string/null) — null in every sample row
• natural_gas_storage (string/null) — e.g. N
• liquefied_natural_gas_storage (string/null) — e.g. X
• record_type (string/null) — e.g. power_plant_record
• data_status (string/null) — e.g. FINAL
• record_key (string/null) — e.g. 1:2025
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/
• source (string/null) — e.g. eia-860-annual-power-plant-master
• release_date (string/null) — e.g. eia8602025
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-18T23:38:37Z
• release_checksum (string/null) — e.g. 2025
• license (string/null) — e.g. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-860 (ANNUAL, FINAL) — U.S
• attribution (string/null) — e.g. U.S. Energy Information Administration — Form EIA-860 (https://www.eia.gov/elect
• terminal (string/null) — null in every sample row
• scope (string/null) — null in every sample row
• note (string/null) — null in every sample row
• reported_total (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• raw_seen (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• duplicates (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• unique_found (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• delivered (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row

Fields & exclusions

Fields are carried verbatim. Any "Google Map" / "Bing Map" columns and third-party logos are excluded. A composite record_key (plant code × release year) is the source-native id. A per-release schema canary fails loud (unbilled) if EIA changes the header.

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "plantState": "AK",
  "maxRecords": 50
}

The sample run charged exactly: 2 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 50 × $0.02 power_plant_record = $1.04 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "plantState": "AK",
  "maxRecords": 5
}

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.12 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.02). plantState narrows what the source is asked for.

3. A full-size run

{
  "plantState": "AK",
  "maxRecords": 2500
}

Up to 2500 rows (the schema default for maxRecords) — about $50.02 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 2500 × $0.02) if the source has that many.

4. A filtered run

{
  "plantState": "AK",
  "maxRecords": 50,
  "fieldMatch": {
    "utility_name": "Sand Point Generating, LLC"
  }
}

Keeps only rows whose utility_name contains Sand Point Generating, LLC (a value from the sample run above), matched case-insensitively after the source is read and before the maxRecords cap, so the cap counts matches and only delivered matches are billed. searchText does the same across every column. Zero matches end the run as EMPTY_SELECTION with no row charged — if the source has moved on since that sample run, pick a value you see in your own first run. The source is still read in full — this narrows what you receive and pay for, not what the source serves.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run KJI7xaazrAU4XKgGw, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "utility_id": "63560",
  "utility_name": "Sand Point Generating, LLC",
  "plant_code": "1",
  "plant_name": "Sand Point",
  "street_address": "100 Power Plant Way",
  "city": "Sand Point",
  "state": "AK",
  "zip": "99661",
  "county": "Aleutians East",
  "latitude": "55.339722",
  "longitude": "-160.497222",
  "nerc_region": null,
  "balancing_authority_code": null,
  "balancing_authority_name": null,
  "name_of_water_source": null,
  "primary_purpose_naics_code": "22",
  "regulatory_status": "RE",
  "sector": "1",
  "sector_name": "Electric Utility",
  "ferc_cogeneration_status": "N",
  "ferc_cogeneration_docket_number": null,
  "ferc_small_power_producer_status": "N",
  "ferc_small_power_producer_docket_number": null,
  "ferc_exempt_wholesale_generator_status": "N",
  "ferc_exempt_wholesale_generator_docket_number": null,
  "ash_impoundment": "N",
  "ash_impoundment_lined": "X",
  "ash_impoundment_status": null,
  "transmission_or_distribution_system_owner": "TDX Sand Point Generating, LLC",
  "transmission_or_distribution_system_owner_id": "63560",
  "transmission_or_distribution_system_owner_state": "AK",
  "grid_voltage_kv": "0.48",
  "grid_voltage_2_kv": null,
  "grid_voltage_3_kv": null,
  "energy_storage": "N",
  "natural_gas_ldc_name": null,
  "natural_gas_pipeline_name_1": null,
  "natural_gas_pipeline_name_2": null,
  "natural_gas_pipeline_name_3": null,
  "pipeline_notes": null,
  "natural_gas_storage": "N",
  "liquefied_natural_gas_storage": "X",
  "record_type": "power_plant_record",
  "data_status": "FINAL",
  "record_key": "1:2025",
  "source_url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/",
  "source": "eia-860-annual-power-plant-master",
  "release_date": "eia8602025",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-19T00:25:29Z",
  "release_checksum": "2025",
  "license": "U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-860 (ANNUAL, FINAL) — U.S. Government work, public domain. This is FINAL annual data, distinct from the preliminary monthly EIA-860M. Acknowledgement: data from the U.S. Energy Informat",
  "attribution": "U.S. Energy Information Administration — Form EIA-860 (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/)"
}

🔧 How it works

Source. The actor reads www.eia.gov — endpoints: https://www.eia.gov, https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. robots.txt is read first and a disallowed path is never fetched. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent. Pacing: CRAWL_DELAY=0.0.

Terminal states. A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

Charging. Each power plant record is charged at the moment it is pushed (power_plant_record); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

🔧 How it works

Source

The official annual Form EIA-860 ZIP only — the current, non-archive, FINAL release resolved from https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/ (xls/eia860<year>.zip, Plant worksheet). eia.gov robots disallows the /archive/ path, which is never fetched; the Early-Release (...ER.zip) files are skipped because they are preliminary — only the FINAL annual file is read.

FINAL vs preliminary

Records carry data_status = FINAL. This distinguishes them from EIA-860M monthly data (preliminary). release_date / release_checksum carry the release year.

Licence & acknowledgement

Form EIA-860 is a U.S. Government work (public domain). Acknowledgement: data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Third-party materials and logos are excluded.

Billing

Pay-per-event. power_plant_record is charged once per delivered record ($0.02), GOLD-floored −10 / −20 / −33% volume ladder. apify-actor-start ($0.02) is platform-reserved, never charged in code. A drifted header fails loud — nothing billed.

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Power Plant Record (power_plant_record)	$0.02	$0.018	$0.016	$0.0134

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

• 8 power plant records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.02 = $0.18
• 25 power plant records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.02 = $0.52
• 2500 power plant records: $0.02 start + 2500 × $0.02 = $50.02

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 4096 MB.

Yield on the sample run: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from eia8602025. billable=50. maxRecords is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by www.eia.gov. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, keeps to the source's robots rules (checked on every run), identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. The source (www.eia.gov) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to maxRecords (default 2500). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other NexGen Watch actors actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers www.eia.gov. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

Q: Are there rate limits?
A: The actor paces itself against the source (CRAWL_DELAY=0.0) and honours its robots rules; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (maxRecords) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

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