Complete and Accurate Power Sector Data

A new version of the Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is now available with 2021 data.

eGRID provides generation, emissions, and operational data for practically every electric generating unit in the United States. Using a bottom-up approach, the unit-level data is used to calculate emission rates and resource mixes (i.e., amount of generation by fuel type) for various levels of aggregation including state, eGRID subregion, and national levels.

This data is most often used for the estimation of indirect emissions from electricity purchases, like in the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance. eGRID is also used in various emission calculation tools and applications and is cited in hundreds of academic papers every year. 

We know the eGRID spreadsheet is not for everybody. Did you know that you can find the data in a variety of ways on the eGRID website? Maybe you just need the eGRID subregion emissions rates, in that case, check out the summary tables.

Or maybe you want to know the appropriate rate to use for a specific location, type your zip code into Power Profiler. Looking to explore the data? Use the Data Explorer to see the information presented through interactive maps and graphs.

Or maybe you would like to make your own maps, use these mapping files. And, of course, there will always be the good old spreadsheet.