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EIA electricity prices in Duaer

In Duaer: US EIA: monthly average retail electricity price, sales, and customers by state and sector. One successful search uses 1 credit.

What you get

Duaer EIA electricity prices reads the US Energy Information Administration retail sales data: average price in cents per kWh, sales, and customers, newest month first. Duaer holds the upstream API key; you only send your Duaer key.

Pick Duaer Data → EIA electricity prices in the node creator, or open the data market. Related: EIA fuel spot prices, Solar and climate (NASA POWER).

When to use it

  • Compare residential electricity prices between states.
  • Track the monthly electricity price trend in one state.

When not to use it

Search on the canvas

  1. Open the node creator and pick Duaer Data → EIA electricity prices.
  2. Fill State (such as CA, or US). Optional: Sector (residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, or all).
  3. Limit defaults to 10, max 20. Execute.

A search uses 1 credit only when it returns rows. No rows, wrong input, or an upstream failure uses 0.

Call the API

  • GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/eia-electricity?state=CA
  • Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>

The call skill below matches Copy skill in the Duaer data market, with parameters, examples, and result fields.

Call skill

Same text as Copy skill.

---
name: duaer-eia-electricity
description: >-
  Duaer EIA electricity prices. US EIA: monthly average retail electricity price, sales, and customers by state and sector.
  One successful search uses 1 Duaer credit.
---

# Duaer EIA electricity prices

Duaer EIA electricity prices reads the US Energy Information Administration retail sales data: average price in cents per kWh, sales, and customers, newest month first. Duaer holds the upstream API key; you only send your Duaer key.

## When to use

- Compare residential electricity prices between states.
- Track the monthly electricity price trend in one state.

## When not to use

- Fuel prices. Use https://skills.duaer.com/eia-petroleum.md.
- Solar potential at a site. Use https://skills.duaer.com/nasa-power.md.

## Call

`GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/eia-electricity?state=CA`

Header: `Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>`

Use an account key or a model API key.

Get a Duaer key: https://skills.duaer.com/keys.md

## Parameters

Provide `state` or `sector`.

- `state` — Two-letter code such as CA, or US for the country. Default US.
- `sector` — Optional. `residential`, `commercial`, `industrial`, `transportation`, or `all`. Default residential.
- `limit` — Optional. Rows to return, from 1 to 20. Default 10.

## Examples

- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/eia-electricity?state=CA` — California residential prices by month.
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/eia-electricity?state=US&sector=industrial` — US industrial prices by month.

## Result

The response is `{ "items": [...] }`. Each item has `source`, `title`, `url`, and `summary`, plus:

- `period`, `state`, `stateName`, `sector` — month and place.
- `priceCentsPerKwh` — average retail price.
- `salesGwh`, `customers` — electricity sold and number of customers.

Fields without a value are left out.

## Credits

A search that returns at least one row uses 1 credit.
An empty search, a search that finds nothing, or a failed search uses 0.
Wrong input returns 400 with a message and uses 0.
No remaining credits returns 402 and does not search.
A missing key returns 401.

## Related

- https://skills.duaer.com/eia-petroleum.md — Duaer EIA fuel spot prices
- https://skills.duaer.com/nasa-power.md — Duaer Solar and climate (NASA POWER)

Questions

How many credits does a EIA electricity prices search use in Duaer?

One credit when Duaer returns rows. A search with no rows or an error uses 0.

What unit does Duaer EIA electricity prices use?

Duaer returns the average retail price in cents per kWh, an average across bills, not one tariff.

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