The estimate of over 160 GW of generation being brought on-line during the period 2001 – 2003 

was determined from the publicly-available Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report, 

which may be found on http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/eia860.html. Capacity

additions for the period may be summed from the respective yearly data.

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Form EIA-860 Data Files

Release Date: November 30, 2011

Next Release Date: November 2012 

Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report

The Form EIA-860 is a generator-level survey that collects specific 

information about existing and planned generators and associated 

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Year Formats

2010 EXE ZIP
environmental equipment at electric power plants with 1 megawatt or 

greater of combined nameplate capacity. The survey data are 

summarized in reports such as the Electric Power Annual. The survey 

data are also available for download here.

The data are compressed into a self-extracting (.exe) zip folder 

containing .XLS data files and record layouts. The current file structure 

(starting with 2009 data) consists of a record layout, 8 data files and a 

copy of the applicable version of the Form EIA-860 on which the data 

were collected.

The data folders consist of the following files (substitute the applicable 

year for "yy" in the file name):

LayoutYyy – Provides a directory of all (published) data elements 

collected on the Form EIA-860 together with the related description, 

specific file location(s), and, where appropriate, an explanation of 

codes.

UtilityYyy – Contains utility-level data for the generators surveyed in all 

available years.

PlantYyy – Contains plant-level data for the generators surveyed in all 

available years.

GeneratorYyy – Contains generator-level data for the surveyed 

generators, split into three tabs. The "Exist" tab includes those 

generators which are currently operating, out of service or on standby; 

the "Prop" tab includes those generators which are planned and not yet 

in operation; and the "Ret_IP" tab includes those generators which were 

cancelled prior to completion and operation and retired generators at 

existing plants (does not include data for retired generators at plants at 

which all generators have been retired).

OwnerYyy – Contains owner and/or operator data for generators with 

shared ownership and generators that are wholly-owned by an entity 

other than the operator (generators not appearing in the file are whollyowned by their operator).

MultiFuelYyy – Contains data on fuel-switching and the use of multiple 

fuels by surveyed generators, split into three tabs: "Exist," "Prop," and 

"Ret_IP." See GeneratorsYyy above for a description of the tabs.

InterconnectYyy – Contains interconnection data for the surveyed 

generators.

EnviroAssocYyy – Contains boiler association data for the 

environmental equipment data collected on the Form EIA-860. The 

"Boiler_Gen" identifies which boilers are associated with each 

generator; the "Boiler_Cool" tab shows which cooling systems are 

associated with each boiler; the "Boiler_FGD" tab shows which flue gas 

desulfurization (FGD) systems are associated with each boiler; the 

"Boiler_FGP" tab shows which flue gas particulate (FGP) collectors are 

2009 EXE ZIP

2008 EXE ZIP

2007 EXE ZIP

2006 EXE ZIP

2005 EXE ZIP

2004 EXE ZIP

2003 EXE ZIP

2002 EXE ZIP

2001 EXE ZIP

Superseded Forms 

(with data prior to 

2001)

EIA-860A (Annual Electric 

Generator Report - Utility)

EIA-860B (Annual Electric 

Generator Report - Nonutility) 

Electric Generating Capacity 

Summary Data 
associated with each boiler; and the "Boiler_SF" tab shows which stacks 

and flues are associated with each boiler.

EnviroEquipYyy – Contains environmental equipment data for the 

surveyed generators. The "Boiler" tab collects boiler data as collected 

on Schedule 6, Parts B, and C of the Form EIA-860; "Control" tab 

contains emission data as collected on Schedule 6, Parts D and E; the 

"Cooling" tab collects cooling system data as collected on Schedule 6, 

Part F; the "FGD" tab collects FGD data as collected on Schedule 6, 

Part H; the "FGP" tab collects FGP data as collected on Schedule 6, 

Part G; and the "StackFlue" tab collects stack and flue data as collected 

on Schedule 6, Part I.

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