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  "schema_version": 1,
  "inventory_month": "2026-08",
  "reviewed_on": "2026-10-16",
  "source": {
    "publisher": "U.S. Energy Information Administration",
    "title": "Inventory of Operating Generators as of August 2026",
    "landing_url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/",
    "workbook_url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/xls/august_generator2026.xlsx",
    "workbook_sha256": "b4b70abb4c217e8e2658c3bde7608a3d530e86a81279ccc572ced82a200e9f1c",
    "sheet": "Operating",
    "header_row": 3,
    "sheets_present": [
      "Operating",
      "Planned",
      "Retired",
      "Canceled or Postponed",
      "Operating_PR",
      "Planned_PR",
      "Retired_PR"
    ]
  },
  "selection": {
    "technology": "Solar Photovoltaic",
    "status": "(OP) Operating",
    "geography": "50 states and District of Columbia",
    "measure": "Nameplate Capacity (MW)",
    "capacity_basis": "AC",
    "rounding": "State, national and status totals rounded to 0.1 MW after summing raw workbook numeric values; counts are not rounded",
    "coordinate_filter": false,
    "exclusions": [
      "Other technologies including solar thermal",
      "Other statuses",
      "Planned/retired/canceled sheets",
      "Puerto Rico sheets",
      "Most small-scale rooftop solar outside the EIA-860M plant inventory"
    ],
    "limitations": [
      "Preliminary monthly inventory, subject to revision",
      "Capacity, not electricity generation or capacity commitments",
      "Plant reporting threshold is 1 MW combined nameplate capacity, not 1 MW for each generator",
      "Not all installed solar, a forecast, or project suitability",
      "A state with no qualifying records is not proof of no solar"
    ]
  },
  "totals": {
    "nameplate_mw_ac": "167517.7",
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    "distinct_plants": 7579,
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      "nameplate_mw_ac": "42.0"
    },
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      "nameplate_mw_ac": "167517.7"
    },
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      "nameplate_mw_ac": "5.1"
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    },
    {
      "state_code": "CA",
      "state": "California",
      "nameplate_mw_ac": "24563.9",
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    },
    {
      "state_code": "FL",
      "state": "Florida",
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    },
    {
      "state_code": "AZ",
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    },
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      "state_code": "NC",
      "state": "North Carolina",
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    },
    {
      "state_code": "GA",
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      "qualifying_records_present": true,
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    },
    {
      "state_code": "VA",
      "state": "Virginia",
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    },
    {
      "state_code": "IN",
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    },
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    {
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    {
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