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    • Thermal Cooling Water Datasets for Electric Sector Modeling

    Metadata Updated: March 21, 2026

    This spreadsheet contains data inputs associated with representations of water (i.e., use, supply, costs) for thermo-electric based production. Values in this spreadsheet have been used to support multiple transmission-related planning studies, using models such as Regional Energy Deployment System Model (ReEDS). More information about associated studies can be found in Miara et al., 2019 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03037); Cohen et al., 2022 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119193); and Cohen et al., 2024 (DOI TBD). Within these transmission-related studies, the values present in this spreadsheet are assigned for simulation of both existing units as well as new capacity build-outs. A summary of worksheets' content as well as associated sources are captured below.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 21, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from OpenEI data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 21, 2026
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/8291
    Data First Published 2024-09-09T20:57:56Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-12T18:10:31Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 019:20
    Metadata Context https://openei.org/data.json
    Metadata Catalog ID https://openei.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 7ceb520d-7748-47fa-bf66-956c632183c4
    Harvest Source Id 7cbf9085-0290-4e9f-bec1-91653baeddfd
    Harvest Source Title OpenEI data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/245
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Program Code 019:000
    Projectnumber NTESS MPO 2322994
    Projecttitle Integrating Critical Water Issues into Long-term Transmission Planning
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 26fab03daa9e4f968e8182485073cd91619dc66b3503c740c7f27b9dfcf61077
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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