Wikidata:Property proposal/EIA plant ID
EIA plant ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | identifier of a power plant in the United States of more than one megawatt used by the Energy Information Administration (Q1133499) |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | power station (Q159719) |
| Allowed values | [1-9][0-9]{0,4} |
| Example 1 | Grand Coulee Dam (Q930391) → 6163 |
| Example 2 | Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (Q1508667) → 6008 |
| Example 3 | James H. Miller coal power plant (Q11977952) → 6002 |
| Example 4 | James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Q6138357) → 3 |
| Source | Form EIA-860 Annual electric generator inventory, Form EIA-860M monthly electric generator inventory |
| Planned use | add on United States power plants |
| Number of IDs in source | 10000+ |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/$1 |
| Single-value constraint | No, some plants have several identifiers like Hoover Dam (Q172822) which has an identifier for its part in Nevada and another for its part in Arizona. id : 154 and 8902. |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
Motivation edit
Adding the identifier allows you to compare and add other information such as coordinate location (P625) nominal power capacity (P2109) service entry (P729) and link the element to the EIA's Electricity Data Browser. Olyon01 (talk) 15:31, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Support Ooh, lots of interesting data there. ArthurPSmith (talk) 16:53, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
