EIA Open Data API

by eia.gov

Energy and environment Added on November 7th, 2026 Checked and working on November 7th, 2026

What it does

The EIA Open Data API from the US Energy Information Administration gives energy statistics: electricity generation and prices, oil and gas production and prices, coal, renewables and forecasts, for example to chart US petrol prices. Browse routes such as /v2/electricity/retail-sales and get JSON. Free with a free API key.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Needed, free · More APIs with a free key
Pricing: Free with a free API key.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: eia.gov
Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

More information: https://www.eia.gov/opendata/

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HTML

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/retail-sales/data/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&frequency=monthly&data[0]=price&length=5'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/retail-sales/data/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&frequency=monthly&data[0]=price&length=5");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/retail-sales/data/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&frequency=monthly&data[0]=price&length=5",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key. The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.