Dataset

utility-billing-apis

Application programming interfaces that standardize customer account and consumption information from utility providers.

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UtilityAPI's utility-billing-apis dataset provides commercial access to energy usage and billing data delivered via API. It is published under a commercial license and is tagged for billing, usage, and API-based consumption.

What this dataset contains

The product exposes utility billing and usage information through programmatic API endpoints rather than as a static file. No schema, sample values, or coverage details are documented in the available metadata, so the precise scope of customers, utilities, or time periods included cannot be confirmed. Size, download counts, and descriptive documentation are also unstated.

Structure and fields

No column names, field definitions, or row-level samples are published alongside the listing. The schema is marked as unknown, and there are no masked sample rows available to inspect typical fields such as account identifiers, kWh, dollar amounts, or service intervals. Analysts should request a data dictionary directly from the publisher before integrating this feed.

How analysts use it

API-based utility usage feeds are commonly used to estimate household or small-business energy consumption, which can serve as an alternative indicator of retail activity, housing occupancy, or discretionary income for residential-focused funds. Because the dataset's coverage and granularity are unverified, any quantitative use case would require a pilot to confirm region, update frequency, and historical depth. Independent back-testing is advisable before committing capital to signals derived from this source.

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