Connect the U.S. Energy Information Administration to clariBI with your API key to sync energy price series (crude oil, natural gas, fuels) for the series you choose, read-only, with auto-generated dashboards next to your business data.
What is U.S. Energy Information Administration?
The U.S. Energy Information Administration publishes free, authoritative energy data, including spot prices for crude oil, natural gas, gasoline and other fuels.
clariBI reads the EIA through its v2 REST API using your own API key: the price history of the energy series you choose, such as WTI crude spot or Henry Hub natural gas. Access is read-only, and clariBI never changes anything in your account.
How to connect U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Open Data Sources in clariBI. In clariBI, go to Data Sources → Add Data Source, find the U.S. EIA, and paste your EIA API key (free from eia.gov/opendata). The key is Fernet-encrypted at rest.
- Choose series and frequency. Enter the energy price series to track (for example RWTC for WTI crude spot), set the frequency, and choose how much history to pull. clariBI reads the prices read-only.
- Sync, then get dashboards. clariBI syncs the price series, preprocesses them, and builds an insights dashboard. Ask "How did crude prices track our fuel costs?" and the AI engine queries the synced prices alongside your spend.
What you can analyze
- Price per energy series over your chosen window
- Price trend and volatility by series
- Period-over-period change in a price
- Comparison across the series you track
- Energy price moves lined up with your cost dates
- Cross-source: crude and gas prices → input costs → margin
What gets synced
clariBI pulls the price history of the energy series you select through the EIA v2 REST API, lands it as a preprocessed dataset, and refreshes it on your schedule. Access is read-only.
For each selected series, clariBI syncs the period and price, then builds an insights dashboard you can query, extend, or pull into reports.
clariBI only ever reads. It never changes anything in your EIA account.
Questions across your other data
Once your records are synced, the AI engine can join them to the rest of your business data. A few examples:
| Pairing | Question | How clariBI answers |
|---|---|---|
| EIA × Costs | "How much of our cost rise was the oil price?" | Planner: read WTI crude prices from the EIA, align to your input costs by date, and split the change into price versus volume. |
| EIA × Demand | "Did the gas-price spike dent our order volume?" | Planner: read the natural-gas spot price from the EIA, join to your order volume by week, and flag the periods that moved together. |
Frequently asked questions
What do I need to connect the U.S. EIA?
A free EIA API key from eia.gov/opendata. You paste it into clariBI once; it is Fernet-encrypted at rest, and there is no OAuth popup or app to register.
Can clariBI change anything in the EIA?
No. The connector only reads the price history for the series you select. It never changes anything in your account.
Which clariBI plan includes the EIA connector?
Data-source connectors are available on the Trial, Starter, Professional, and Enterprise plans. You can connect the U.S. EIA during the free 14-day trial.