# Balancing Authorities Energy Demand

This dataset provides critical insights related to balancing authorities and balancing authority subregions. It offers the energy demand in a daily basis for ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, ISO-NE and PJM.

### Schema Overview

<table><thead><tr><th width="371">Field Name</th><th width="90">Type</th><th width="800">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ATERIO_BAL_AUTH_UID</td><td>String</td><td>Unique identifier for the balancing authority responsible for the transmission and distribution of electricity to the data center.</td></tr><tr><td>BAL_AUTH_ABBR</td><td>String</td><td>Abbreviated name or acronym of the balancing authority.</td></tr><tr><td>BAL_AUTH_NAME</td><td>String</td><td>Full name of the balancing authority responsible for managing the electricity grid in the region where the data center is located.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>ATERIO_BAL_AUTH_SUBREGION_UID (PK)</strong></td><td>String</td><td>Unique identifier for the subregion under the balancing authority’s jurisdiction.</td></tr><tr><td>BAL_AUTH_SUBREGION_CODE</td><td>String</td><td>Name of the subregion under the balancing authority’s management.</td></tr><tr><td>BAL_AUTH_SUBREGION_NAME</td><td>String</td><td>Name of the subregion under the balancing authority’s management.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>DATE (PK)</strong></td><td>Date</td><td>Date on which the power consumption data was recorded.</td></tr><tr><td>TOT_ENERGY_DEMAND_MWH</td><td>Float</td><td>Total energy demand by the balancing authority subregion based on the hourly demand in UTC time.</td></tr><tr><td>UPDATED_AT</td><td>Date</td><td>The date when the last execution or process update occurred.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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