Reference library
Sources library
The datasets, filings, analysts, and trade press the Power Brief draws from, each marked free or paid. Primary sources come first.
We favor primary sources: the agency, grid operator, reliability body, or national lab that produced the number. Analysts, trade press, and podcasts come next, for context and for what to check. Every source is marked free or paid. Links go to the publisher. Some sites block automated tools but work fine in a browser.
The weekly Power Brief draws from this library.
Federal data
| Source | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|
| EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook | Monthly 18-month forecast of electricity demand, generation mix, and fuel prices. | Free |
| EIA Electric Power Monthly | Generation, consumption, fuel, and price statistics by state and sector. | Free |
| EIA Preliminary Monthly Generator Inventory (EIA-860M) | Plant-level additions, retirements, and planned units. | Free |
Regulators and reliability
| Source | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|
| FERC | Orders, rulemakings, and news releases on wholesale markets, transmission, and interconnection. | Free |
| FERC eLibrary | Full docket records: filings, comments, and orders. | Free |
| NERC reliability assessments | Seasonal and long-term reliability assessments for North America. | Free |
| NERC State of Reliability | Annual review of how the bulk power system actually performed. | Free |
| NERC Large Loads Action Plan, Q2 2026 update | Status of NERC's work on data centers and other large loads. | Free |
Grid operators
| Operator | Region | Access |
|---|---|---|
| PJM Interconnection | Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Midwest and South | Free |
| ERCOT | Most of Texas | Free |
| MISO | Central U.S. from the Lower Mississippi to Manitoba | Free |
| SPP | Central and Great Plains states | Free |
| CAISO | California and Western market services | Free |
| NYISO | New York | Free |
| ISO New England | New England | Free |
National labs
| Source | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Lab, Queued Up: 2026 Edition | Annual analysis of U.S. interconnection queues through the end of 2025. | Free |
| Berkeley Lab, Queued Up publication page | Citation details and companion materials for the 2026 edition. | Free |
Trade press, analysis, and podcasts
| Source | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Utility Dive | Daily news on utilities, power markets, regulation, generation, and storage. Newsletter signup. | Free |
| American Public Power Association | News from the public power sector, including regulatory summaries. | Free |
| Nat Bullard, annual decarbonization presentation | A roughly 200-slide yearly deck on energy, industry, technology, and transport, including where AI, data centers, and electricity meet. Past editions are on the same page. | Free |
| Machine Readable, the Halcyon newsletter (Nat Bullard's posts) | Weekly newsletter on energy, technology, and data, including tracking of U.S. gas power plants and utility filings. | Free |
| Catalyst with Shayle Kann (Latitude Media) | Weekly podcast with investors, researchers, and executives on energy technology, the grid, and how AI load is changing both. | Free |
Paid research: public material only
Policy for paid sources. New Project Media and BloombergNEF are subscription services. We link to and summarize only their public headlines, free reports, and press releases. We never reproduce subscriber content.
| Source | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|
| New Project Media (NPM) | Market intelligence on power, renewables, storage, and data center project pipelines, interconnection, permitting, financing, and M&A in the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. | Paid |
| NPM Free Intel | NPM's public news page: the headlines we can cite. | Free (public page) |
| BloombergNEF (BNEF) | Research on the energy transition, power, transport, industry, and commodities. | Paid |
| BNEF Insights | Public previews of flagship reports, free executive summaries, and press releases, such as Energy Transition Investment Trends and the New Energy Outlook. | Free (public page) |
Last reviewed October 5, 2026. Suggest a source through the community signup form.