catalyst-cooperative-pudl.yaml

Name: Public Utility Data Liberation Project
Description: |
  The Public Utility Data Liberation Project (PUDL) provides analysis-ready energy system data to climate advocates,
  researchers, policymakers, and journalists.
  <br/>
  <br/>
  [PUDL](https://catalyst.coop/pudl/) is an [open source data processing pipeline](https://github.com/catalyst-cooperative/pudl)
  that makes US energy data easier to access and use programmatically. Hundreds of gigabytes of valuable data
  are published by US government agencies, but it's often difficult to work with.
  PUDL takes the original spreadsheets, CSV files, and databases and turns them into a unified resource. This allows users to
  spend more time on novel analysis and less time on data preparation.
  <br/>
  <br/>
  This information allows users to explore the operating costs of individual power plants, and see how fuel costs impact
  the viability of different types of generation.  It can highlight the competitiveness of renewable electricity in the
  market today.  It can show how the generation mix of different utilities has evolved over time, and how the usage of
  individual power plants has changed as fuel prices have changed and more renewable generation has been brought online.

Documentation: |
  You can download the [data directly](https://catalystcoop-pudl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data_access.html#nightly-builds)
  or via the [aws CLI tool](https://catalystcoop-pudl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/nightly_data_builds.html#how-to-access-the-nightly-build-outputs-from-aws).
  If you'd like a UI to explore a subset of the data you can visit [data.catalyst.coop](https://data.catalyst.coop/).
Contact: For general questions or feedback about the data, create an GitHub issue or discussion in the [PUDL repo](https://github.com/catalyst-cooperative/pudl). We also love talking to our users during [PUDL Office Hours](https://calend.ly/catalyst-cooperative/pudl-office-hours).
ManagedBy: "[Catalyst Cooperative](https://catalyst.coop/)"
UpdateFrequency: |
  The federal agencies that publish the raw data PUDL processes release new data, monthly, quarterly and yearly. 
  PUDL is continuously improving the data and tries to release new versions of the data quarterly.
Tags:
  - aws-pds
  - climate
  - climate model
  - energy
  - environmental
  - government records
  - infrastructure
  - open source software
  - electricity
  - energy modeling
  - utilities

License: The PUDL data and documentation are published under the [Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) (CC-BY-4.0).
Resources:
  - Description: All PUDL data outputs.
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::pudl.catalyst.coop
    Region: us-west-2
    Type: S3 Bucket
DataAtWork:
  Tutorials:
    - Title: PUDL Data Access
      URL: https://www.kaggle.com/code/catalystcooperative/01-pudl-data-access
      AuthorName: Catalyst Cooperative
      AuthorURL: https://catalyst.coop/
      NotebookURL: https://github.com/catalyst-cooperative/pudl-examples/blob/main/01-pudl-data-access.ipynb
    - Title: State Hourly Electricity Demand
      URL: https://www.kaggle.com/code/catalystcooperative/02-state-hourly-electricity-demand
      AuthorName: Catalyst Cooperative
      AuthorURL: https://catalyst.coop/
      NotebookURL: https://github.com/catalyst-cooperative/pudl-examples/blob/main/02-state-hourly-electricity-demand.ipynb

ADXCategories:
  - Environmental Data
  - Resources Data