This minor release improves current validation checks, adds new validation checks, enforces static sub-plant id across years and allows users to access any Global Warming Potential value via the IPCC assessment report name where it is published.
Update sub-plant crosswalk table
As discovered in #351, the subplant_id assigned to each (plant_id_eia, generator_id) does not remain static across each year of OGE data. This is an issue if trying to use subplant_id as a primary key to compare data across multiple years.
This PR updates the process of creating sub-plant IDs to try to enforce static sub-plant IDs. The changes in this PR enforce static sub-plant IDs within a single data release version of OGE, although the sub-plant IDs may still change from version to version. (#353)
Validation Checks
- For all warnings about plant-level data, adds information about the balancing area the flagged plant belongs to to help identify BAs where data quality is affected. (#348)
- When checking The validation check detecting mismatch between input and allocated EIA-923 data is now done at the plant and energy source level (#350)
- Functions for detecting anomalies in timeseries data have been added to the code base, and we now identify where gross generation, fuel consumption, and CO2 emission timeseries in the reported CEMS data may be anomalous based on a global extreme filter. (#349)
New feature
The function for calculating CO2-equivalent values now allows for the user to specify which IPCC Assessment Report to use for calculating GWP-adjusted CO2-equivalent values. (#352)