US Power Project Changes — EIA Generator Leads

Track what changed in the US power-generation pipeline—not just what exists. This Actor automatically finds the two newest valid EIA-860M generator workbooks, compares them generator by generator, and surfaces new planned capacity, projects entering operation, schedule changes, capacity changes, retirements, and cancellations or postponements.

The result is a practical change feed for teams selling into power developers, utilities, owners, operators, EPCs, and project ecosystems. Each record includes the current and previous state, capacity delta, technology, fuel code, planned dates, owner/operator, plant location, coordinates, and both official source workbooks.

Built for

• renewable-energy, storage, transmission, engineering, construction, and equipment sales
• project finance, insurance, environmental, legal, and site-services teams
• power-market research, competitive intelligence, due diligence, and data products
• scheduled project alerts, CRM enrichment, and AI research agents

Signals detected

• new planned generator
• new operating generator
• planned generator moved to operating
• generator status change
• planned operation month or year change
• nameplate capacity change
• newly retired generator
• newly canceled or postponed generator
• planned retirement date change

Filters

Filter by change type, state, technology text, EIA energy-source code, minimum nameplate capacity, and whether to include Puerto Rico. You can also supply two official workbook URLs for a reproducible historical comparison.

Example input

{
  "changeTypes": ["new-planned", "became-operating", "operation-date-change", "capacity-change"],
  "states": ["TX", "AZ", "NM"],
  "technologies": ["Solar", "Batteries"],
  "minimumCapacityMw": 20,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Output highlights

Change types and score, entity and plant IDs, owner/operator and plant name, state and county, generator and unit IDs, current and previous lifecycle category, status, current and prior MW, calculated capacity change, technology, fuel and prime-mover codes, planned operation dates, retirement dates, latitude/longitude, and source reports.

Source and caveats

The Actor uses the official US Energy Information Administration EIA-860M data. EIA-860M is preliminary monthly reporting. A change can reflect a real project event, a reporting correction, or a classification update. Project schedules and capacities can change; verify important decisions with the developer, relevant permitting authorities, interconnection sources, and later EIA publications.

Run monthly after EIA updates the workbook, or schedule more frequently and let automatic discovery pick up the next valid release.