Energy

US electric utility identity master (EIA-861)

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Utility identity, ownership category, state, NERC reliability region, service-territory states, and per-sector sales/customers/revenue for US electric utilities (U.S. EIA Form EIA-861). Reference/master data, updated annually - not operational grid data (see /grid) and not retail pricing (see /retail-price). Requires at least one of eiaid, state, ownership, q.

get/api/v2/energy/utilities

Request

  • Base URL: https://sugra.ai
  • URL: https://sugra.ai/api/v2/energy/utilities
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Query parameters

eiaidinteger nullable

Exact EIA utility identification number. When set, other filters are ignored and at most one record is returned.

Example:17609
statestring nullable

2-letter US state code, exact match.

Example:CA
ownershipstring nullable

Ownership category, case-insensitive substring match (Investor Owned, Cooperative, Municipal, State, Federal, Political Subdivision, ...).

Example:cooperative
qstring nullable

Utility name, case-insensitive substring match.

Example:edison
limitinteger

Maximum utilities returned (ignored when eiaid is set). Capped at 500.

Response

Successful Response

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "query": "eiaid=17609",
    "utilities": [
      {
        "eiaid": 17609,
        "name": "Southern California Edison Co",
        "ownership": "Investor Owned",
        "state": "CA",
        "nerc_region": "WECC"
      }
    ],
    "attribution": {
      "sources": [
        {
          "registry_key": "eia/rto",
          "source_name": "EIA",
          "licence": "public-domain",
          "citation": "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)",
          "disclaimer": "Operational electric-grid data; preliminary and subject to revision."
        }
      ],
      "effective_reexport": "allowed"
    },
    "disclaimer": "Utility identity, ownership, and service-territory reference data; verify before relying on it operationally."
  },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "stale_since": "2026-09-08T12:00:00Z",
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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