{
 "meta": {
  "title": "Annual capacity-factor targets for Prairie Town's wind and solar plants",
  "convention": "The wind and solar shapes in town_days.json and town_year.json are each normalised to their own 2025 maximum hour, so their mean over max (wind 0.528, solar 0.235) is not a capacity factor. Lessons scale a shape to the targets below with LX.townProfile(tech, capacityMW, {year, targets}) (assets/learn/components/profiles.js), which states its clipping rule.",
  "built_by": "by hand from the source table below; checked 2026-11-02",
  "license": "EIA data are U.S. government works in the public domain; this file CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "targets": {
  "wind": {"cf": 0.338, "label": "Wind, U.S. utility-scale fleet", "year": 2025, "time_adjusted_capacity_MW": 155344.4},
  "solar": {"cf": 0.240, "label": "Solar photovoltaic, U.S. utility-scale fleet", "year": 2025, "time_adjusted_capacity_MW": 134526.3}
 },
 "reference": {
  "nuclear": {"cf": 0.911, "label": "Nuclear, U.S. fleet", "year": 2025, "time_adjusted_capacity_MW": 98408.2},
  "hydro": {"cf": 0.344, "label": "Hydroelectric, U.S. fleet", "year": 2025, "time_adjusted_capacity_MW": 79984.0}
 },
 "monthly": {
  "about": "Monthly capacity factors of U.S. utility-scale generators in 2025, January to December, from the same EIA table (2025 values final). LX.townProfile(tech, MW, {year, targets, monthlyCF: true}) brings each month of a shape to these values before setting the annual target.",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 6.07.B (data for August 2026, released 23 October 2026; accessed 2026-11-02)",
  "url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_6_07_b",
  "accessed": "2026-11-02",
  "wind": [0.374, 0.372, 0.431, 0.407, 0.321, 0.322, 0.275, 0.238, 0.231, 0.338, 0.354, 0.392],
  "solar": [0.162, 0.187, 0.236, 0.275, 0.293, 0.319, 0.319, 0.297, 0.267, 0.224, 0.169, 0.131],
  "nuclear": [0.983, 0.936, 0.854, 0.818, 0.849, 0.934, 0.967, 0.966, 0.924, 0.81, 0.902, 0.992]
 },
 "source": {
  "publisher": "U.S. Energy Information Administration",
  "short": "Electric Power Monthly, Table 6.07.B",
  "title": "Electric Power Monthly, Table 6.07.B. Capacity Factors for Utility Scale Generators Primarily Using Non-Fossil Fuels",
  "url": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_6_07_b",
  "issue": "Data for August 2026, released 23 October 2026",
  "accessed": "2026-11-02",
  "notes": "Annual values for 2025 are final (EIA's note on the table). EIA compares net generation with available capacity: the time-adjusted summer capacity of utility-scale generators (1 MW and larger); small-scale rooftop solar is not included. These are national fleet averages; regional fleets differ, and no SPP-specific primary capacity-factor table was used."
 }
}