About CommonGrid

CommonGrid is the open-source energy infrastructure dataset built by Texture. It exists because the data that powers America’s energy system shouldn’t be this hard to find.

Utility territories are buried in PDFs. Rate structures are scattered across regulatory filings. Grid operator boundaries? Nobody agrees on those. If you’ve ever tried to answer a simple question like “which utility serves this address?” — you know the pain.

Texture spent years pulling data from EIA, NOAA, HIFLD, FERC, and hundreds of public sources to build the most comprehensive energy infrastructure dataset available. Now we’re open-sourcing it: browse it, build on it, contribute back.

CommonGrid isn’t just our project — it’s yours.

The best open datasets are built by communities. Like OpenStreetMap proved that millions of contributors can map the world better than any single company, we believe the energy industry’s data should be just as accessible and community-maintained.

We need your help. Whether you work at a utility, a research lab, a state PUC, or you’re just a data nerd who cares about the grid — there’s a way to contribute:

• 📊Submit data corrections — spot a wrong address, outdated customer count, or missing utility? Open an issue or PR.
• 🗺️Contribute new data sources — know of a public dataset we’re missing? State-level data, municipal records, international grids? We want it.
• 🔧Improve the tools — better sync scripts, new visualizations, data validation — all contributions welcome.
• 🐛Report issues — even just flagging that something looks wrong is incredibly valuable.

CommonGrid is under active development. We’re continuously adding new data sources, improving data quality, and expanding coverage. Contributions are welcome — whether that’s reporting data issues, adding new sources, or improving the explorer.