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California Energy Commission

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California Energy Commission (CEC) open data via the data.ca.gov CKAN API. No auth. The CA power-plant inventory — 2,378 plants with operator, county, capacity (MW), fuel type, and coordinates — plus county/fuel summaries and CEC dataset discovery.

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PublisherCalifornia Energy Commission

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AuthenticationNo credentials required

Methods (5)

  • searchPowerPlants

    read

    Search CA power plants by county, energySource (SUN/WND/NG/WAT…), operator, or full-text q.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "county": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "energySource": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "q": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

  • getPowerPlantsGeoJSON

    read

    CA power plants as a GeoJSON FeatureCollection for the map (filter by county/energySource).

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "county": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "energySource": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

  • summarizePowerPlantsByCounty

    unknown

    Plant counts + total capacity (MW) by county.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

  • listEnergyDatasets

    read

    List other CEC datasets available on data.ca.gov.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

  • getServiceInfo

    read

    Connector surface + energy-source codes.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}