HIFLD OPEN Control Areas

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Energy. Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory; United States Department of Homeland Security

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
control-areas-geojson.zip application/zip 15.1 MB 10/21/2025 07:51:AM
control-areas-shapefile.zip application/zip 24.8 MB 10/21/2025 07:33:AM
metadata.xml application/xml 11.9 KB 10/21/2025 07:33:AM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Energy. Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and United States Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN Control Areas. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E239072V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN Control Areas
Summary:  View help for Summary 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 removed.


Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms HIFLD Open; GIS; Electrical Grid; Electrical Power Distribution; Balancing Authorities
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 12/10/2022 – 4/8/2025 (Estimated)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 12/10/2022 – 4/8/2025 (Estimated)
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025.


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V1 [2025-10-21]

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