PUDL Data and Metadata Guide

Use this skill for data-user workflows: reading PUDL outputs, understanding table and field semantics, tracing source context, and interpreting methodology.

Trigger phrases

• "show me this PUDL table in a notebook"
• "how do I read table X from Parquet"
• "load this table from local PUDL output"
• "read this PUDL table from S3"
• "what columns are in this table"
• "what does this column mean"
• "show table metadata for X"
• "which data source does this table come from"
• "find field descriptions for this table"
• "I need notebook code to explore this PUDL data"

Audience and scope