CommonGrid: The open source registry of the US power grid

# CommonGrid Source: [https://commongrid.info/](https://commongrid.info/) ## The open, connected registry of the U\.S\. power grid Built and maintained by a community of users who know every corner of the grid, CommonGrid connects energy infrastructure data into a public, shareable model\. Anyone can contribute what's missing and sharpen what's rough, and the data is free to use under an open license\. [View source on GitHub](https://github.com/TextureHQ/commongrid) [https://commongrid.info/explore](https://commongrid.info/explore) - Utilities - Grid operators - Power plants - Transmission lines - EV stations ## Nine entry points, one connected graph\. Every utility links to its territory, every territory to its operator, every plant to its interconnection\. Start anywhere\. [Electric utilities All U\.S\. utilities — IOUs, co\-ops, munis, and federal power agencies\. Filtered by state, segment, and ISO\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/utilities)[ISOs, RTOs & balancing authorities The entities that coordinate dispatch, markets, and reliability across every interconnection\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/grid-operators)[Programs & incentives Demand response, rebates, EV programs, VPP — queryable by asset type, segment, and territory\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/programs)[Rates & tariffs Residential and commercial rate structures — TOU windows, demand charges, standby, net metering\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/rates)[Power plants Solar, wind, nuclear, gas, hydro — EIA Form 860 normalized and connected to utilities and territories\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/power-plants)[Transmission lines High\-voltage infrastructure from 69 kV to 765 kV\. Spatially queryable, attributed to owners\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/transmission-lines)[EV charging stations Every public AC and DC station in the U\.S\. — networks, plug standards, and power levels\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/ev-charging)[Pricing nodes Wholesale market nodes — trading hubs, load zones, SUBLAPs, and generation pricing across 7 ISOs/RTOs\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/pricing-nodes)[Substations Step\-up, step\-down, and switching substations — voltage class, owner, and interconnected assets normalized from OpenStreetMap\.](https://commongrid.info/explore/substations)[Have a great dataset that belongs in the connected graph? Let’s get it in here\.](https://commongrid.info/contribute-dataset) ## A living dataset, with every edit citable, attributed, and reversible\. CommonGrid is built like a wiki, with every change recorded with an author, a source, and a timestamp\. Every record has a history, and no record is silently overwritten\. ## Public infrastructure deserves public data\. The grid is a shared good\. The knowledge of how it’s structured should be, too — available to regulators, researchers, startups, utilities, and anyone building what comes next\. Why open? #### Fragmentation is the tax\. EIA forms, FERC filings, HIFLD shapefiles, state dockets, GIS exports — every serious grid question begins with three weeks of data plumbing\. CommonGrid pays that cost once, for everyone\. Who maintains it? #### People who work with this data\. Utility engineers, researchers, analysts at ISOs, and developers at energy startups\. Contributors and a small elected moderation team\. Texture funds the infrastructure; the project governs itself\. What's the license? #### ODbL 1\.0 — free, forever\. Use it commercially\. Build products on it\. Redistribute it\. The only obligation is attribution and sharing improvements back\. Same license as OpenStreetMap\. ## How an edit becomes part of the record\. Low\-friction for small fixes, structured for big changes\. Anyone can propose; trusted contributors are auto\-approved on non\-critical fields; approved edits are recorded in the changelog\. 01 #### Propose HitSuggest editon an entity page\. Cite a source\. Describe what changed and why\. 02 #### Review Moderators check citations and weigh conflicts\. Trusted contributors skip review for non\-critical fields\. Contested changes trigger a discussion thread on the entity\. 03 #### Approve & publish Approved edits update the database immediately, making them available on the site and through the API\. Each change also appears in the changelog\. 04 #### Attribute Every record carries its full edit history and citation trail\. Researchers can cite a specific revision; auditors can see exactly who touched what\. ## REST API, vector tiles, weekly snapshot\. 60 requests/hour unauthenticated\. 5,000/hour with a free key\. Geo endpoints serve MVT tiles\. Full database dumps published weekly under ODbL\.