http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/593 US Geographic Information System Data Sat, 02 May 2026 12:19:00 GMT 2026-05-02T12:19:00Z http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/747 Title: Derived map of global electricity transmission and distribution lines Abstract: Overview: Global results from gridfinder model, produced by ESMAP based on joint work with Facebook and others. Uses night-time lights, road networks and existing grid network data to predict the location of transmission and distribution lines globally. Validated in several countries with ~70% accuracy at 1 km. More information: Blog with brief overview: https://blogs.worldbank.org/energy/using-night-lights-map-electrical-gri... Full research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-019-0347-4 Visualization: https://gridfinder.org/ The following data are included: grid.gpkg: Vectorized predicted distribution and transmission line network, with existing OpenStreetMap lines tagged in the 'source' column targets.tif: Binary aster showing locations predicted to be connected to distribution grid. lv.tif: Raster of predicted low-voltage infrastructure in kilometres per cell. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/747 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/715 Title: Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model Authors: Stanley, Trevor Abstract: The Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model simulates customer adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) for residential, commercial, and industrial entities in the United States or other countries through 2050. The dGen model can be used for identifying the sectors, locations, and customers for whom adopting DERs would have a high economic value, for generating forecasts as an input to estimate distribution hosting capacity analysis, integrated resource planning, and load forecasting, and for understanding the economic or policy conditions in which DER adoption becomes viable, and for illustrating sensitivity to market and policy changes such as retail electricity rate structures, net energy metering, and technology costs. Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/715 2020-10-16T00:00:00Z http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/714 Title: PR100: Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Authors: Sky, Haiku Abstract: PR100 is a comprehensive analysis of stakeholder-driven pathways for Puerto Rico to achieve its goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050. The data includes boundaries, habitats, hazards, infrastructure, and topography throughout Puerto Rico. Most of the data is in geospatial and json formats. Links to project background, history, and planning are also included along with the data. Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/714 2022-07-21T00:00:00Z http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/648 Title: Control Areas/Balancing Authority Areas Abstract: This feature class/shapefile represents electric power control areas. Control Areas, also known as Balancing Authority Areas, are controlled by Balancing Authorities, who are responsible for monitoring and balancing the generation, load, and transmission of electric power within their region, often comprised of the retail service territories of numerous electric power utilities. Each control area is interconnected with neighboring ones to facilitate emergency support, coordinated operations, and power purchases and sales. The following updates have been made since the previous release: 1 feature added. Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://item.bettergrids.org/handle/1001/648 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z