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Openei Urdb MCP

An MCP server that provides three tools to interact with the NREL OpenEI Utility Rate Database. It allows agents to search for US electricity tariffs by location or utility, retrieve detailed tariff structures including time-of-use periods and demand charges, and identify electric utilities serving specific US locations along with their tariff counts.

Package and access

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Openei Urdb MCP logo, by PipeworxCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Pipeworx
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What you can do with it

  • Search for US electricity tariffs by location, utility, or EIA id
  • Get full structure of a US electricity tariff including energy-charge tiers
  • Find electric utilities serving a US location and their tariff coverage

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.0
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Packages and installation

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@pipeworx/mcp-openei-urdb 0.2.0

npm
@pipeworx/mcp-openei-urdb package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-openei-urdb",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openei-urdb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-openei-urdb@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openei-urdb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-openei-urdb@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "openei-urdb-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-openei-urdb@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openei-urdb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-openei-urdb@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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