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US electric utility identity master (EIA-861)

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

Query parameters

eiaidinteger nullable

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

Example:17609

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

statestring nullable

2-letter US state code, exact match.

Example:CA

2-letter US state code, exact match.

ownershipstring nullable

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

Example:cooperative

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

qstring nullable

Utility name, case-insensitive substring match.

Example:edison

Utility name, case-insensitive substring match.

limitinteger

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

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",
    "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"
    ]
  }
}

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