⚡ EIA Energy Data Scraper

🚀 Scrape US energy prices from the Energy Information Administration. Get weekly crude oil spot prices, gasoline prices by state, and diesel prices by region. Includes current, historical, and year-over-year price comparisons.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you're tracking fuel costs for a logistics fleet, monitoring crude oil trends for investment decisions, or analyzing regional energy prices for market research, this tool makes it easy to collect structured energy data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The EIA Energy Data Scraper collects gas prices by state, diesel prices by region, and weekly crude oil prices. Get current prices, historical trends, and week-over-week changes in structured format ready for analysis.

Target Audience	Logistics companies, investment firms, gas station operators, manufacturers, policy analysts
Primary Use Cases	Fuel price monitoring, commodity tracking, cost forecasting, market analysis

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📋 What Does It Do

This tool collects energy price data from the EIA, supporting three datasets. It delivers:

• ⛽ Gas prices by state - current regular gasoline prices for every U.S. state with weekly price comparisons
• 🚛 Diesel prices by region - diesel fuel prices across U.S. regions with historical price changes
• 🛢️ Crude oil weekly prices - WTI crude oil spot prices with full weekly historical data
• 📈 Price change tracking - changes from last week, one year ago, and two years ago
• 📊 All regions covered - data spans all U.S. states, PADD regions, and national averages

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🎬 How to Use the EIA Energy Data Scraper - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon

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⚙️ Input

To start collecting energy price data, simply fill in the input form:

Field	Type	Description
Dataset	Select	Choose: Gas Prices by State, Diesel Prices by Region, or Crude Oil Weekly Prices.
Max Items	Integer	Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000.

Example 1: Get gas prices by state

{
    "dataset": "gas-prices-by-state",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Example 2: Get crude oil weekly prices

{
    "dataset": "crude-oil-weekly",
    "maxItems": 200
}

⚠️ Free users are limited to 10 items per run. Sign up for a paid plan to collect up to 1,000,000 items.

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📊 Output

After the Actor finishes its run, you'll get a dataset with the output. You can download results as Excel, HTML, XML, JSON, or CSV.

🧾 Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
location	String	State or region name
currentPrice	String	Current price per gallon
priceNumeric	Number	Price as a number for calculations
previousWeekPrice	Number	Price from the previous week
twoWeeksAgoPrice	Number	Price from two weeks ago
changeFromYearAgo	Number	Price change compared to one year ago
changeFromTwoYearsAgo	Number	Price change compared to two years ago
changeFromLastWeek	Number	Week-over-week price change
date	String	Date of the price data
fuelType	String	Type of fuel (Regular Gasoline or Diesel)
scrapedAt	String	Timestamp of data collection

📦 Sample Output

Sample 1 (Gas Price):

{
    "location": "California",
    "currentPrice": "4.589",
    "priceNumeric": 4.589,
    "previousWeekPrice": 4.601,
    "twoWeeksAgoPrice": 4.618,
    "changeFromTwoYearsAgo": -0.339,
    "changeFromYearAgo": -0.291,
    "changeFromLastWeek": -0.012,
    "date": "04/07/2026",
    "fuelType": "Regular Gasoline",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 2 (Diesel Price):

{
    "location": "East Coast (PADD 1)",
    "currentPrice": "3.812",
    "priceNumeric": 3.812,
    "previousWeekPrice": 3.825,
    "changeFromYearAgo": -0.198,
    "changeFromLastWeek": -0.013,
    "date": "04/07/2026",
    "fuelType": "Diesel",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 3 (Crude Oil):

{
    "date": "2026-04-04",
    "price": 67.45,
    "commodity": "WTI Crude Oil",
    "unit": "$/barrel",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose the EIA Energy Data Scraper?

Benefit	Description
⚡ Batch collection	Get all state or regional prices in one run
📊 Three datasets	Gas, diesel, and crude oil in a single tool
📈 Price change tracking	Week, year, and 2-year comparisons included
📁 Structured output	Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel
🔄 Automated scheduling	Set up weekly monitoring
🛢️ Historical crude data	Full weekly history available
🎯 No coding required	Point-and-click interface

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📈 How Does It Compare?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual EIA Website
Batch collection	✅ Up to 1M records	❌ View one table at a time
Multiple datasets	✅ Gas, diesel, crude oil	❌ Navigate each separately
Price change tracking	✅ Week, year, 2-year changes	⚠️ Calculate manually
Structured output	✅ JSON, CSV, Excel	❌ HTML tables only
Automated scheduling	✅ Weekly monitoring	❌ Manual visits

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Scraper - Search for "EIA Energy Data Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Select the energy dataset you want to collect
4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

Total Time: Results in seconds No Technical Skills Required: Everything is point-and-click

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💼 Business Use Cases

Logistics and Manufacturing:

• Monitor fuel prices across states to optimize routing and forecast transportation costs
• Forecast energy input costs by tracking diesel and crude oil price movements
• Compare pricing against state and regional averages

Investment and Policy:

• Track crude oil price trends for commodity trading and energy sector analysis
• Analyze regional fuel price disparities and seasonal pricing patterns
• Study energy price trends for economic impact assessments

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ EIA Energy Data Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the EIA Energy Data Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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💰 How much does it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free monthly credits on the Apify Free plan, enough to test EIA Energy Data Scraper and pull a real sample dataset. For ongoing usage:

• Starter plan ($49/month) — Recommended for individuals running EIA Energy Data Scraper regularly. Includes higher concurrency and larger datasets.
• Scale plan ($499/month) — Recommended for teams running EIA Energy Data Scraper at production scale.

Pay-Per-Event pricing means you only pay for what you actually use. Failed runs are never charged. See the Pricing tab on this Actor's page for exact event prices.

💡 Tips for using EIA Energy Data Scraper

• Start with a small maxItems (3-10) to validate output format before running larger jobs.
• Use Apify Schedules to run EIA Energy Data Scraper on a recurring basis and keep your dataset fresh.
• Export via Integrations: Apify connects to Google Sheets, Airbyte, Make, Zapier, and direct webhooks — pipe your data anywhere.
• Monitor with webhooks: trigger downstream workflows the moment a run finishes.
• Re-run failed items: if any individual records error out, re-run with their inputs only. Failed events are not charged.

⚖️ Is it legal to use EIA Energy Data Scraper?

Yes. EIA Energy Data Scraper only collects publicly available data. Web scraping public data has been confirmed as legal by US courts (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn) and is widely used for research, market analysis, and business intelligence.

However, you are responsible for:

• Respecting the source website's Terms of Service.
• Complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data-protection laws when personal data is involved.
• Not republishing copyrighted content without permission.

If you have specific compliance concerns, consult your legal team. See the Apify legal docs for more.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Automating Your Workflows

For advanced users who want to automate this process, you can control the scraper programmatically with the Apify API.

• Node.js: Install the apify-client NPM package
• Python: Use the apify-client PyPI package
• See the Apify API reference for full details

🔌 Integrate EIA Energy Data Scraper with any app

Last but not least, EIA Energy Data Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform.

These include:

• Make - Automate energy price monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts when fuel prices change significantly
• Slack - Get notified in your team channel
• Airbyte - Build data pipelines
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Google Drive - Export energy data to spreadsheets

Alternatively, you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, e.g. get a notification whenever EIA Energy Data Scraper successfully finishes a run.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

EIA Energy Data Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. Department of Energy, or any government agency. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.