Monthly U.S. Electricity Generation, Costs, and Capacities

This data deposit constructs data on monthly generation costs and capacities in the United States from 1999-2012 in preparation for their use in "Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation" (openicpsr-115467).<br><br>It builds panel data files from the following EIA forms:<br>"Form EIA-860: Annual Electric Generator Report"<br>"Form EIA-861: Annual Electric Power Industry Report"<br>"Form EIA-767: Annual Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report"<br>"Form EIA-923: Power Plant Operations Report"<br>"Form EIA-759/906/920/923: Power Plant Report"<br>"Form EIA-423: Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report"<br><br>and the EPA's Continuous Emissions Monitor System.<br><br>It constructs a crosswalk that connects the EPA's boilers to the EIA's generator identifiers.