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.

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{
    "data": {
        "query": "eiaid=17609",
        "count": 0,
        "utilities": [
            {
                "eiaid": 17609,
                "name": "Southern California Edison Co",
                "ownership": "string",
                "state": "string",
                "nerc_region": "string",
                "service_territory_states": [
                    "string"
                ],
                "sales_by_sector": {
                    "property1": {
                        "customers": 0,
                        "sales_mwh": 0,
                        "revenue_musd": 0,
                        "avg_price_cents_kwh": 0
                    },
                    "property2": {
                        "customers": 0,
                        "sales_mwh": 0,
                        "revenue_musd": 0,
                        "avg_price_cents_kwh": 0
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "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": "string",
        "attribution": "string",
        "fallback_used": true,
        "fallback_chain": [
            "string"
        ],
        "cached": true,
        "stale": true
    }
}

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