Power networks/United States

Country Information

United States (US)
References
OpenStreetMap	148838 148838
Wikidata	Q30
Wikipédia	United_States
Country characteristics
Continent	North America
Population	340,110,988
Area	9,826,675 km2
GDP	27720.7 B$
Language(s)	English
Electrical Network
Generation capacity	1,260,393 MW (OSM)
Power line length	1,032,019 km (OSM)
Frequency	... Hz
Transmission lines voltages (kV)	...
Data from Wikidata (last update 2025-09-13) and OpenInfraMap (last update 2025-09-13)

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High-voltage Electrical Network

State of the map

• Power lines in the United States
• 
  Lines with voltage on Nov 26th, 2011
• 
  Lines with pylons on Nov 26th, 2011

Status on Nov 26th, 2011

• Power network
• 
  Northwest (Seattle)
• 
  Northeast (Philadelphia)

• Power network
• 
  Southwest (Los Angeles)
• 
  Southeast (Atlanta)

Historic Development

• Power network
• 
  Oct 29th, 2010
• 
  Dec 30th, 2010

• Power network
• 
  Feb 7th, 2011
• 
  Mar 9th, 2011

• Power network
• 
  Mar 29th, 2011
• 
  Nov 26th, 2011

Network description

Voltages and frequency

Frequency : TODO Hz

Network	Voltage	Comments	Appearance
Transmission	TODO

Operators

Operator	Network	Wikidata	Website	Wikipedia	Operating area	Information	Label	Taginfo
TODO	{{{network}}}	Q99999 WhatLinksHere	TODO	TODO			operator=TODO operator:wikidata=Q99999	operator=TODO

Interconnections

Neighbour country	Structure name	Year of commissioning	Technology	Voltage	Local end	Foreign end	OSM circuit	Notes
TODO								xxx

Planned projects

• ...

Data Sources

Source	License	Date	Suitable for OSM	Notes
US Atlas of Electric Distribution System Hosting **Capacity Maps**	?	?	?	-
US Electric Power Transmission Lines	?	?	?	-
US Electric Power Transmission Substations	?	?	?	-
US Electric Substations	?	?	?	-
US Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data - Transmission Lines	?	?	?	-
EIA US Energy Atlas	?	?	?	-
Electric Power Substations	?	?	?	-
(California) California Electric Substations	?	?	?	-
(California) California Electric Transmission Lines	?	?	?	-
(California) California Energy Commision - Electric Transmission Lines	?	?	?	-
(Texas) ERCOT Transmission Grid Map (Can only be visited from the US)	?	?	?	-
xxx	?		no	-

Network statistics

United States has 14532 power plants totalling 1,260,393 MW and 1,032,019 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap (from OpenInfraMap, last update 2025-09-13)

Power line

From OpenInfraMap, last update 2025-09-13

Power Lines Voltage	Length
< 10 kV	18,459 km
10 kV - 25 kV	52,505 km
25 kV - 52 kV	60,237 km
52 kV - 132 kV	333,164 km
132 kV - 220 kV	170,544 km
220 kV - 330 kV	123,369 km
330 kV - 550 kV	142,774 km
> 550 kV	3,924 km
No voltage tagged	127,040 km
Total	1,032,019 km

Mapping process and community

Mapping success stories

TODO : Success stories are designed to highlight important contributions. Have you significantly improved the cartography of a country (added a new line, a power station, etc.)? Don't be shy, let us know below.

• Example : NAME [DATE YYYY-MM-DD]: My success stories in words.

Encountered problems and places to improve

• ....

Use of mapping strategies

TODO : Mapping strategies refer to Power networks/Guidelines#Mapping strategies. They are used for a methodical improvement of the OSM database. Once you have fully applied a strategy in this country, you should add or update your name, the date, the strategy, and a comment below. This way, other users can see whether it is worthwhile to carry out further investigations.

• Example : Search for "Unfinished major power lines" - last time applied by XXX [2025-MM-DD]
• .... - last time applied by XXX [2025-MM-DD]

References

• Does EIA publish the location of electric power plants and transmission lines?
• Electric Power Transmission Lines