Energy & Emissions
Energy on TerraPulse is organized into two dexes — the power_plant Locationdex and
the energy_use Yeardex. One holds the U.S. generating fleet plant by plant, the
other a national energy-use series year by year. Both are measured records, drawn from EPA
eGRID and the World Bank. No estimates, no projections.
The dexes
One dex is spatial, one is annual. Counts are live and grow as new editions publish:
| Dex | Holds | Count |
|---|---|---|
power_plant | EPA eGRID U.S. generating plants, 2018–2023 | 14,361 |
energy_use | World Bank national energy use, by year | 35 |
Provenance
The plant fleet comes from EPA eGRID, the Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database, which characterizes every U.S. electric generating plant — its fuel, generation, and emissions — across the 2018 through 2023 editions. National energy use comes from the World Bank Open Data indicators. Each source is registered against its dex, so any record carries a direct line back to the originating release.
What’s in a record
A power_plant slot carries:
- Plant — name, ID, and operator
- Location — latitude, longitude, and state
- Fuel & generation — primary fuel and annual net generation
- Emissions — reported CO₂, NOₓ, and SO₂ output
An energy_use slot carries the reporting year and measured national energy use.