Non-Net-Metered Distributed Generation

EIA-861 distributed generation not net metered: generator counts and capacity by technology, utility and customer class, 2016 on.

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event_time x utility_number x state x ba_code x customer_class x duplicate_index

annual (report year) publication cadence

Evidence

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Time basis

Point-in-time records

UTC · event_time

Overview

Non_Net_Metering_Distributed, the utility-level sheets. Capacity in MW; battery energy in MWh from 2023, when storage became battery. customer_class is residential, commercial, industrial, transportation (direct_connected in the distributed generation tables) or EIA's own total, so summing classes without excluding total counts everything twice. event_time is 1 January of the report year. release is final or early_release: EIA posts an early release of a year in August and replaces it with the final file in the autumn, and the mirror keeps the newest row per key. A key cell EIA leaves blank is '' or 0, and duplicate_index numbers rows that still share a key, in workbook order.

Query contract

Preserve one canonical row per (event_time, utility_number, state, ba_code, customer_class, duplicate_index) before aggregating.

Analysis rules

Group only after preserving the declared grain: event_time, utility_number, state, ba_code, customer_class, duplicate_index.

Schema26

Column

Type

event_timeDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

customer_classLowCardinality(String)

stateLowCardinality(String)

utility_numberInt64

utility_nameLowCardinality(Nullable(String))

ba_codeLowCardinality(String)

number_and_capacity_mw_number_of_generatorsNullable(Float64)

number_and_capacity_mw_total_capacityNullable(Float64)

number_and_capacity_mw_capacity_back_up_onlyNullable(Float64)

number_and_capacity_mw_capacity_utility_ownedNullable(Float64)

photovoltaic_mw_typeLowCardinality(Nullable(String))

photovoltaic_mwNullable(Float64)

battery_mwNullable(Float64)

battery_energy_mwhNullable(Float64)

wind_mwNullable(Float64)

hydroelectric_mwNullable(Float64)

fuel_cells_mwNullable(Float64)

internal_combustion_mwNullable(Float64)

combustion_turbine_mwNullable(Float64)

steam_mwNullable(Float64)

other_mwNullable(Float64)

total_mwNullable(Float64)

storage_mwNullable(Float64)

duplicate_indexInt64

releaseLowCardinality(Nullable(String))

ingested_atDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

Sample data

event_time	customer_class	state	utility_number	utility_name	ba_code	number_and_capacity_mw_number_of_generators	number_and_capacity_mw_total_capacity	number_and_capacity_mw_capacity_back_up_only	number_and_capacity_mw_capacity_utility_owned	photovoltaic_mw_type	photovoltaic_mw	battery_mw	battery_energy_mwh	wind_mw	hydroelectric_mw	fuel_cells_mw	internal_combustion_mw	combustion_turbine_mw	steam_mw	other_mw	total_mw	storage_mw	release	ingested_at
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	WI	99999	State Adjustment	MISO	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	WI	99999	State Adjustment	MISO	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.747	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	WI	99999	State Adjustment	MISO	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.747	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	WI	99999	State Adjustment	MISO	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	direct_connected	WI	99999	State Adjustment	MISO	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	WI	99999	State Adjustment	MISO	∅	0.747	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	WA	99999	State Adjustment	CHPD	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	WA	99999	State Adjustment	CHPD	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	-0.023	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	WA	99999	State Adjustment	CHPD	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	WA	99999	State Adjustment	CHPD	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	direct_connected	WA	99999	State Adjustment	CHPD	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	-0.023	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	WA	99999	State Adjustment	CHPD	∅	-0.023	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	WA	99999	State Adjustment	BPAT	∅	0.509	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	WA	99999	State Adjustment	BPAT	∅	0.509	∅	∅	∅	0.509	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.509	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	WA	99999	State Adjustment	BPAT	∅	0.509	∅	∅	∅	0.534	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.534	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	WA	99999	State Adjustment	BPAT	∅	0.509	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	direct_connected	WA	99999	State Adjustment	BPAT	∅	0.509	∅	∅	∅	-0.053	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	-0.053	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	WA	99999	State Adjustment	BPAT	∅	0.509	∅	∅	∅	0.028	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.028	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	UT	99999	State Adjustment	PACE	∅	-0.079	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	UT	99999	State Adjustment	PACE	∅	-0.079	∅	∅	∅	-0.079	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	-0.079	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	UT	99999	State Adjustment	PACE	∅	-0.079	∅	∅	∅	-0.05	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	-0.05	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	UT	99999	State Adjustment	PACE	∅	-0.079	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	direct_connected	UT	99999	State Adjustment	PACE	∅	-0.079	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	UT	99999	State Adjustment	PACE	∅	-0.079	∅	∅	∅	-0.03	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	-0.03	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	TX	99999	State Adjustment	MISO	∅	-0.187	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.676718

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