Gas Index (DCGI)
get_gas_indexRetrieve a U.S. state's natural-gas suitability score (DCGI) and verdict, including the EIA price series used. Unpriceable states return UNSCORED, not a low score.
Instructions
Data Center Gas Index (DCGI) — the per-US-state natural-gas suitability score. ★ WITHDRAWN 2026-08-08, RESTORED 2026-08-30 after all three defective terms were repaired: the 20-point interstate-share term was case-blind against EIA TYPEPIPE and scored ~0 for every state (122 -> 17,571 segments now counted); the price was chosen by a non-deterministic tie-break across the EIA industrial (PIN) and electric-power (PEU) series, which carry different margins; and nine states including Texas ran on a hardcoded cost constant because the price loader dropped them on a case-sensitive name lookup. ★ DO NOT COMPARE a DCGI figure published before 2026-08-08 with one published now — they are different indices; the full record is at /api/v1/dcgi/methodology under corrections. A state that cannot be priced comes back verdict UNSCORED with dcgi null and an unscored_reason, never a placeholder score, so treat UNSCORED as absence and not as a low score. gas_price_series names which EIA series answered each state. ★ STILL WITHDRAWN and NOT restored by this: every gas-fired $/MWh figure — a separate defect from the same audit. Use get_gas_intelligence for pipeline, operator and parent-midstream data.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | Max results to return (1-500; default varies by tool) | |
| state | No | US state abbreviation, e.g. TX, VA, AZ. Returns the DCGI score and verdict, plus `gas_price_series` naming which EIA series priced the state. A state that cannot be priced comes back verdict UNSCORED with dcgi null and an `unscored_reason` — absence, not a low score. Withdrawn 2026-08-08, restored 2026-08-30: do NOT compare against a figure published before 2026-08-08. Use get_gas_intelligence for the per-state pipeline and operator brief |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| quota | No | Caller quota state (remaining calls, tier) when available. | |
| _entity | No | Payload class discriminator (e.g. facility|market|iso_grid|queue_results|deal|report|response) — branch on this before parsing the rest. | |
| citation | No | Machine-readable citation: how to attribute DC Hub (dchub.cloud) for this payload. Normally an OBJECT {source, url, license, cite_as, retrieved_at}; a bare string is accepted and carries the attribution line itself. | |
| provenance | No | Collection-level provenance block: {source, method, as_of, verification_counts, cite_url_template, license, cite_as}. Quote the verification level when citing. | |
| _front_door | No | In-band front-door hint (first workflow-entry tool of a session): call plan_query(intent) first for the ordered multi-step plan. | |
| _return_loop | No | Suggested next-session delta call (get_changes since=24h) so you pull only what changed. | |
| site_evaluation_handoff | No | Pre-built follow-up calls (analyze_site / get_water_risk args) when the payload carries coordinates — an array of {tool, parameters, why} entries. |