Energy Cartography/Maps, Electric Power Industry Directories & Data Bases

Data is crucial to the analysis of any industry or commodity and Platts' is routinely called upon by industry and other market observers to supply current and historical information in an easy-to-use format for graphic display and for complex modeling. Platts' store of physical market data is primarily U.S.-focused and crosses several decades.

Many times, the most powerful energy or metals story is told not with words, but with graphics or maps. Platts' cartography team is known for its award- winning maps and spatial data that have served the electric power, coal and natural gas industries for over a decade. Platts provides visual display of vital industry infrastructure in a format that is digestible, simplified and eye-pleasing. Part of the U.S. Library of Congress' permanent map collection, Platts' customizable cartography is regularly sought by broadcast and print media as illustrations to energy and metals stories.

Platts' Utility Data Institute (UDI's) electric power sector directories and data bases are utilized by power companies, consultants, government and financial institutions as aids to the evaluation of markets, benchmarking studies and sales of power products and services. UDI directories include comprehensive contact details for regulated and independent power companies and regulatory agencies worldwide, and in North America include baseline operating and financial statistics for regulated utilities.