Data and Code for: Transmission Impossible? Prospects for Decarbonizing the US Grid

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period(s):    2005 – 2050 

Collection Date(s):   2005 – 2023

Universe:   Electricity generation types (wind, solar, etc.) in the US by year, 2010-2022.

- Electricity generation types (wind, solar, etc.) in the US by month, 2010-2023.

- Renewable electricity generation (wind, solar) that an Independent System Operator curtailed, for the CAISO and SPP markets in the US, 2014-2023.

- New transmission lines built in the US, 2005-2020.

Data Type(s):  aggregate data; census/enumeration data

Data Source:   - US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. 2010-2022. “Levelized Costs of New Generation Resources in the Annual Energy Outlook.” Annual Reports 2010-2022.

- US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. 2023. “Electricity Data Browser, Monthly Net Generation for All Sectors” 

- California Independent System Operator (CAISO). 2023. “Managing Oversupply, Wind and Solar Production and Curtailments”

- Southwest Power Pool (SPP). 2023. “Variable Energy Resources Curtailments”  

- Millstein, Dev, Eric O’Shaughnessy, Ryan Wiser. 2023. “Renewables and Wholesale Electricity Prices (ReWEP) Tool,” Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Version 2023.1

- Catalyst Cooperative. 2022. PUDL Project, FERC Form 1 data

 

Unit(s) of Observation:    Electricity generation type by year; electricity generation type by month; electricity Independent System Operator by day; transmission line by year