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Thermal Power Capacity API

Generating capacity and generator-level data.

Thermal Power Capacity API is one of 3 APIs that Thermal Power publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Capacity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.eia.gov/v2.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.eia.gov/v2
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Thermal Power Capacity API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — EIA API key. Register for free at https://www.eia.gov/opendata/register.php

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Capacity 1

Generating capacity and generator-level data.

GET
/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data
Get Operating Generator Capacity
getOperatingGeneratorCapacity 10 params → 200400403

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GeneratorCapacityRecord (10 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property), GeneratorCapacityResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GeneratorCapacityResponse
object
1 property
GeneratorCapacityRecord
object
10 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

thermal-power-capacity-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Thermal Power publishes across the network.

Thermal Power Plant Operations API
Thermal Power Power Operations API