How to Use the EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Windsurf

Q: Can I use the EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP server with Windsurf to check power plant efficiency?

Yes. The getplantgeneration tool includes heat rate data from the EIA-923 survey. You can have Windsurf pull this data for specific plants to compare their operational efficiency against regional or national averages.

Let Windsurf's Cascade agent analyze the entire U.S. power grid, from generator to retail price, in a single, autonomous step.

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This server gives your agent direct access to real-time grid conditions. You can ask Windsurf to find the states with the highest retail electricity prices and check if their grid demand is spiking. Cascade will chain the calls for you, no hand-holding required. It starts by using `get_electricity_prices` to find expensive markets, then checks `get_grid_demand` for the corresponding balancing authorities. If it finds a match, it can even dig into `get_power_generation` to see which fuel sources are struggling to keep up. You just get the final answer.

Model new generation assets with Windsurf

Before you plan a new power plant, you need to know what you're up against. Ask Windsurf to map the existing competition in a specific region. It's all there in the data. Cascade will use `get_generator_inventory` to pull a list of all 100,000+ generators, filtering by location and type. Then, it can cross-reference that with `get_plant_generation` to see exactly how those assets are performing—net generation, fuel burn, everything. You get a complete competitive analysis without writing a single line of code.

Get the full picture for any state

Stop jumping between EIA reports and spreadsheets. This MCP Server connects Windsurf directly to the source, letting you pull a complete state profile with one request. It’s the fastest way to get grounded in the facts for any U.S. market. Just ask for a state's profile. Cascade starts with `get_state_electricity_profiles` for a high-level summary. From there, it can dig deeper into generation mix with `get_power_generation` or check retail rates with `get_electricity_prices`. You tell it the state, it delivers the intelligence.

Setup guide

Set up EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Windsurf

Prerequisites

Windsurf IDE installed (macOS, Windows, or Linux)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP configuration

Click the Cascade assistant icon in the sidebar, then click the hammer icon (🔨) at the top of the panel. Select "Configure" to open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
2

Add the EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Refresh MCPs

Go back to the hammer icon (🔨) in Cascade and click "Refresh". Windsurf will detect the new server. No full restart is needed — the connection is hot-reloaded.
4

Verify in Cascade

Start a new Cascade conversation and ask something like "Show my EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence payment history." If connected, Cascade will call the EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence tools directly. You will see a green dot next to the server name in the MCP panel.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eia-electricity-power-grid-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about EIA Electricity — Power Grid Intelligence MCP in Windsurf

Windsurf's Cascade agent sees all six tools from this MCP server, like `get_grid_demand` and `get_generator_inventory`. When you give it a goal, like 'find under-supplied power markets,' it automatically plans and executes a sequence of tool calls to get the answer.

You can analyze real-time grid demand, check generation output by fuel source, find retail price spikes, and inventory every power plant in the country. Because Windsurf can chain these actions, you can ask complex questions like, 'Which states have high electricity prices and low wind generation right now?'

It's as live as the EIA makes it. The server connects directly to the EIA's public data feeds from surveys like the EIA-930 for hourly demand. There's no extra delay, so what you get is the most current data available.

Yes. The `get_plant_generation` tool includes heat rate data from the EIA-923 survey. You can have Windsurf pull this data for specific plants to compare their operational efficiency against regional or national averages.

This server only handles public U.S. government data from EIA surveys (like EIA-860 and EIA-923). Your requests are processed in an ephemeral, zero-trust environment on Vinkius. Nothing about your specific queries is stored.

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