SKILL.md
PUDL Data Explorer Guide
This skill is for data users who want to explore, understand, and load PUDL's public energy data products. It assumes no access to the PUDL Python package or source repository — only the publicly distributed data files and their metadata.
PUDL's primary outputs are Apache Parquet files, described by a Frictionless Data
Package descriptor. For generic descriptor-querying patterns (jq), use
the datapackage skill — this skill provides PUDL-specific knowledge layered on top.
Beyond the main Parquet outputs, PUDL also distributes raw per-form FERC Parquet data
(covering Forms 1/2/6/60/714, each with its own datapackage.json) and the FERC EQR
(partitioned Parquet, separate from the main build). These have different access
patterns and are not covered by the main Frictionless descriptor — see
Data Access for the full picture.