RectifHyd

RectifHyd provides estimated monthly hydroelectric power generation for approximately 1,500 power plants in conterminous United States for the period 2001 through 2022. Monthly generation estimates are created by disaggregating each plant's annual generation with the aid of reservoir operations and downstream streamflow data. RectifHyd provides an alternative to EIA-923 imputed monthly generation for U.S. hydropower plants. Version 1.2.0 adds estimates for 2021 and 2022. Since the reservoir release dataset used to inform RectifHyd disaggregation is not updated beyond 2020, years 2021 and 2022 are disaggregated solely using downstream flow data, where available. Refer to Turner et al. (2022) for full method details (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01748-x).