FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.

POWERPLANT LOCATIONS

Geodataset Name:      PWRPLT
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the locations of electric power plants in Florida. The fuel types include: anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, blast furnace gas, coke oven gas, natural gas, refinery gas, fueloil, jet fuel, liquefied petroleum, kerosene, petroleum coke, refuse, wood, and nuclear.

DATA SOURCE(S):                     United States Geological Survey, 
                                    Eastern Energy Resources Team
                                    via:  Energy Information Administration, 
                                    form EIA-767 (1994)
                                    and form EIA-767 (1997) 
            
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:      1:100000

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:       1994 - 1997

GEODATASET EXTENT:                  State of Florida 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES
Datafile Name: PWRPLT.DBF

ITEM NAME      WIDTH    TYPE            PRECISION  
UTILITYID      10       DECIMAL            0         
UTILITYNAM     30       CHARACTER          -         
PLANTID        10       DECIMAL            0         
PLANTNAME      30       CHARACTER          -         
SOURCE         20       CHARACTER          -         
COUNTY         20       CHARACTER          -
STATECTY        5       DECIMAL            -
ANTS            9       DECIMAL            0         
BFG             9       DECIMAL            0         
BITS            9       DECIMAL            0         
BITSU           9       DECIMAL            0         
BITU            9       DECIMAL            0         
BITUS           9       DECIMAL            0         
COG             9       DECIMAL            0         
FO2             9       DECIMAL            0         
FO6             9       DECIMAL            0         
JF              9       DECIMAL            0         
KER             9       DECIMAL            0         
LIGS            9       DECIMAL            0         
LPG             9       DECIMAL            0         
NG              9       DECIMAL            0         
PC              9       DECIMAL            0         
REF             9       DECIMAL            0         
RG              9       DECIMAL            0         
SUBS            9       DECIMAL            0         
WD              9       DECIMAL            0         
NUCLEAR         9       DECIMAL            0 
FUELTYPE       40       CHARACTER          -         

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ANTS         = anthracite coal        
BFG          = blast furnace gas         
BITS         = bituminous coal (surface)        
BITSU        = bituminous coal (surface/underground)        
BITU         = bituminous coal (underground)        
BITUS        = bituminous coal (underground/surface)        
COG          = coke oven gas         
FO2          = fuel oil        
FO6          = fuel oil         
JF           = jet fuel         
KER          = kerosene        
LIGS         = lignite coal       
LPG          = liquefied petroleum gas        
NG           = natural gas         
PC           = petroleum coke       
REF          = refuse          
RG           = refinery gas       
SUBS         = subbituminous coal        
WD           = wood 
NUCLEAR      = nuclear

FUELTYPE     = primary fuel used.  Other fuels used are denoted
               by a value of "11" in the item field(s) for the
               specific fuel type(s).

DESCRIPT     = BASED upon FUELTYPE ( see above)

For the fuel types listed above:

     11  indicates that the specified fuel type is used.
    -99  indicates that the specified fuel type is not used.
      0  was not defined in the metadata, but may indicate 
         that the specified fuel type is not used. 

Fuel type and value definintions source:
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISION, FORM 423 database

STATECTY     =  STATE AND COUNTY FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM (FIPS)
UTILITYID    =  UTILITY ID as defined in EIA-767 database.  See contacts.
PLANTID      =  POWER PLANT ID as defined in EIA-767 database.  See contacts.
CITYLIM      =  CITY LIMITS (see Data Lineage Summary/Edits, below) 

USER NOTES:

Three plants (Higgins, G E Turner, and Scholz) were mislocated and St. Lucie nuclear plant was not included in the original coverage. The coverage was edited to locate these plants properly. See "Edits" under the Data Lineage Summary, below.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Tolerances were set to FGDL Standards
-Precision was set to Double
-Projected from GEOGRAPHIC to FGDL ALBERS
-DESCRIPT item added based upon FUELTYPE item
-NUCLEAR item added (designation of nuclear plants found in EIA-767 report)
-Changed records to UPPERCASE
-Edited items UTILITYNAM, PLANTNAME, FUEL_TYPE, and COUNTY to spell-out the full names/information for each.
-Dropped items: FIPS:ST, FIPS:CO (<-see STATECTY), FIPS, and STATE.

REFERENCES:

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

    PROCESS:      Power plants were collected from the EIA-767 report
                  and converted into a point coverage.    
    PROCESS DATE: 19970715
    SOURCE:       Energy Information Administration
    TITLE:        form EIA-767, Steam electric plant operation and 
                  design report Geospatial Data Presentation Form: model  
    PUB. DATE:    1994   
    SCALE:        1:100000    
        
    EDITS:        
       PLANT:     Scholz, Jackson County
       REASON:    Plant was mislocated.
       ACTION:    According to Florida Power & Light's webpage, this plant is
                  in the city of Sneads.  Using the FGDL coverage CITYLM for
                  Jackson County, the point for this plant was moved to Sneads.
       
       PLANTS:    Higgins, Pinellas County
                  G E Turner, Volusia County
                  St. Lucie, St. Lucie County          
       REASON:    Higgins and G E Turner were mislocated and St. Lucie was
                  not included in the original coverage.
       ACTION:    Coordinates were taken from the EIA-767 (1997) report to 
                  create a point coverage.  The coverage was APPENDed to the
                  original coverage.

Completeness Report:

    The completeness of the dataset is known to be suspect.  Power 
    plants generating less than 100 MW and power plants that do not 
    provide power to the public are omitted from the EIA-767 dataset.  
    Therefore there are several power plants that do not have location 
    data.

Data Quality Information:

    All power plants are labeled correctly and have plntids.
    The data collected from the EIA 767 are very accurate.

Resource Description: Power Plants of the United States Distribution Liability:

    This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity
    with U.S. Geoloical Survey editorial standards.  Any use of trade,
    product, or firm names is for the descriptive purposes only and
    does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.           

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS

Projection                           ALBERS
Units                                METERS
Datum                                HPGN
Spheroid                             GRS1980
1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
central meridian                    -84   0  0.000
latitude of projection's origin      24   0  0.000 
false easting (meters)               400000.00000
false northing (meters)              0.00000

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:               UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
Abbr.name:          USGS 
Address:            USGS, Eastern Energy Team
                    MS 956 National Center
                    Reston  VA  20192
Phone:              703-648-6432 
Website:	    http://www.usgs.gov
Ftp site:           ftp://192.58.223.1/pub/OPEN_FILES/OF_97_172/       
Contact Person:     
         Phone:     (703) 648-6432

Name:               ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Abbr.name:          EIA
Contact Person:     
         Phone:     703-648-6432

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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