📡 API

Free JSON data for US state energy statistics

The Daily Mine provides free access to state-level energy data sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Data is updated monthly.

Endpoint

GET /api/state-energy.json

Returns energy data for all 50 US states plus DC.

CORS: Enabled for all origins

Rate limit: None (please be reasonable)

Response Format

{
  "metadata": {
    "source": "EIA API v2",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-02-03",
    "priceDataYear": 2024,
    "profileDataYear": 2023
  },
  "states": {
    "MO": {
      "name": "Missouri",
      "abbreviation": "MO",
      "grid": "SPP/MISO",
      "electricity": {
        "residentialPrice": 12.91,
        "commercialPrice": 10.26,
        "industrialPrice": 7.87,
        "priceUnit": "cents/kWh",
        "totalRetailSales": 77776.034,
        "salesUnit": "GWh",
        "residentialRank": 38,
        "salesRank": 19
      },
      "generation": {
        "total": 66703.285,
        "unit": "GWh",
        "primeSource": "Coal",
        "capacity": 21172,
        "capacityUnit": "MW",
        "rank": 22
      },
      "emissions": {
        "co2": 45916,
        "co2Unit": "thousand metric tons",
        "co2Rank": 9
      },
      "capacityMix": {
        "coal": 35,
        "gas": 39,
        "nuclear": 4,
        "wind": 9,
        "solar": 0,
        "hydro": 4,
        "storage": 0,
        "other": 9
      }
    },
    // ... more states
  }
}

Data Fields

Field	Type	Description
`electricity.residentialPrice`	number	Residential electricity price in cents/kWh
`electricity.industrialPrice`	number	Industrial electricity price in cents/kWh
`generation.total`	number	Total generation in GWh
`generation.primeSource`	string	Primary generation source (Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, etc.)
`generation.capacity`	number	Summer peak capacity in MW
`emissions.co2`	number	CO₂ emissions in thousand metric tons
`capacityMix`	object	Percentage breakdown by fuel type
`grid`	string	Grid operator (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, etc.)

Example Usage

// JavaScript/Fetch
fetch('https://thedailymine.co/api/state-energy.json')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => {
    const texas = data.states.TX;
    console.log(`Texas: ${texas.electricity.industrialPrice}¢/kWh`);
  });

// Python
import requests
data = requests.get('https://thedailymine.co/api/state-energy.json').json()
texas = data['states']['TX']
print(f"Texas: {texas['electricity']['industrialPrice']}¢/kWh")

Attribution

Data sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. If you use this API, please link back to The Daily Mine.

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