{"id":"aa2ca55d-860a-4a1e-8797-3a627eafd454","task":"Look up utility electricity rate structures via the OpenEI Utility Rate Database API","domain":"openei.org","steps":["Register for a free OpenEI API key.","Send a GET request to the utility_rates endpoint with your api_key, a version parameter, and a format (e.g., json).","Specify a location using either an address parameter or a lat/lon pair (not both).","Set the detail parameter to minimal or full depending on how much rate-structure data you need.","Use the limit and co_limit parameters to cap the number of rates and companies returned per request."],"gotchas":["You must supply either an address or a lat/lon pair — supplying both, or neither, is invalid.","The database covers electricity utility rate structures, not propane/heating-fuel pricing — useful only for comparing a customer's total energy costs, not for propane pricing itself.","Rate data is community-curated and update frequency varies by utility, so cross-check critical rate details against the utility's own tariff before relying on them."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T06:34:02.452Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/aa2ca55d-860a-4a1e-8797-3a627eafd454"}