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Thermal Power Power Operations API

Electric power operational statistics by fuel type.

Thermal Power Power Operations 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 Power Operations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 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.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 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 Power Operations 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 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Power Operations 2

Electric power operational statistics by fuel type.

GET
/electricity/electric-power-operational-data/data
Get Electric Power Operational Data
getElectricPowerOperationalData 11 params → 200400403
GET
/electricity/rto/fuel-type-data/data
Get RTO Fuel Type Data
getRTOFuelTypeData 9 params → 200400403

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ElectricPowerRecord (11 properties), RTOFuelTypeRecord (6 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property), RTOFuelTypeDataResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ElectricPowerOperationalDataResponse
object
1 property
RTOFuelTypeDataResponse
object
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
ElectricPowerRecord
object
11 properties
RTOFuelTypeRecord
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Thermal Power publishes across the network.

Thermal Power Capacity API
Thermal Power Plant Operations API