Hourly Balancing Authority Transfers, Streamflows, and Climate Data for Carolinas Region

The data contain the electricity transfers and relevant indicators associated with nine exchanges between balancing authorities in the Carolinas region. The information comes from the following sources:

Hydrology Dataset from USGS:

CPLE      02084557- Van Swamp near Hoke, NC

               02089000- Neuse River near Goldsboro, NC

               02087324-Crabtree Creek at US 1 at Raleigh, NC

DUK       0212427947- Reedy Creek at SR2803 near Charlotte, NC

               0212430653- McKee Creek at SR2804 near Wilgrove, NC

               02124080- Clarke Creek near Harrisburg, NC

SC          02171500- Santee River near Pineville, SC

               02131010- Pee Dee River below Pee Dee, SC

               02130980- Black Creek near Quinby, SC

SCEG     02175500- Salkehatchie River near Miley, SC

               02176500- Coosawhatchie River near Hampton, SC

YAD        02121500- Abbotts Creek at Lexington, NC

CPLW    02140991- Johns River at Arneys Store, NC

*CPLE = Duke Energy Progress East; DUK = Duke Energy Carolina; SC = Santee Cooper; SCEG = South Carolina Electric & Gas Company; YAD = Yadkin, Inc.; CPLW = Duke Energy Progress West

Balancing Authority Data

Nugent J, Chini C M, Peer R A M and Stillwell A S 2023 Monthly virtual water transfers on the U.S. electric grid Environ. Res. Infrastruct. Sustain. 3 035006

Balancing Authority Climate Data

Burleyson C, Thurber T and Vernon C 2023 Projections of hourly meteorology by balancing authority based on the IM3/HyperFACETS thermodynamic global warming (TGW) simulations (v1.0.0) [Data set] MSD-LIVE Data Repos.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 2024 U.S. Air Force 14th weather squadron (2013): United States Air Force 14th weather squadron surface weather observations (restricted). NCEI DSI 9966