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FERC Open Data API

FERC's public open data API, serving the same data assets and datasets published in the data.ferc.gov Data Catalog. A Data-Assets endpoint returns the catalog and the dataset IDs; Details, Data, and Dictionary endpoints return per-dataset metadata, full row data, and column definitions. Free self-serve API key, 1,000 requests per hour, X-Api-Key header or api_key query parameter. Runs on the api.data.gov API Umbrella stack (x-api-umbrella-request-id) hosted on cloud.gov. Verified live 2026-07-27 — an unauthenticated GET returns HTTP 403 with API_KEY_MISSING and a bogus key returns HTTP 403 with API_KEY_INVALID.

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FERC Open Data API is one of 2 APIs that FERC publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Open Data, Energy Markets, Electricity, Natural Gas, and Regulatory Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, organized into 4 resource areas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.data.ferc.gov/v1.

4 operations 4 paths 0 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
Base URL
https://api.data.ferc.gov/v1
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
4

Authentication & Security 1

FERC Open Data API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyQueryAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. They span 4 resource areas: Data-Assets, Details, Data, Dictionary. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Data-Assets 1
GET
/data-assets/
Fetch metadata information on the data asset and its associated Datasets.
data-asset-id → 200401405429500
Details 1
GET
/dataset/{id}/details/
Fetch metadata, data asset, row count, and column information.
detail-id 1 param → 200401404405429500
Data 1
GET
/dataset/{id}/data/
Fetch the actual dataset rows
data-id 1 param → 200400401404405429500
Dictionary 1
GET
/dataset/{id}/dictionary/
Fetch column descriptions and definitions from available data.
dictionary-id 1 param → 200401404405429500

Specification

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Source

ferc-data-api-openapi.json Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
ferc:ferc-open-data-api
Base URL
https://api.data.ferc.gov/v1
Docs
https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
Provider
FERC
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