
Nilay Kumar developed two robust data archiving features for the catalyst-cooperative/pudl-archiver repository over a two-month period. He built an EPA PCAP Data Archiver that automated the download and storage of Excel and PDF files, enriching metadata management to support ingestion and governance workflows. In the following month, he delivered an EIA RECS Data Archiver, leveraging Python and web scraping to parse HTML, discover dataset links, and preserve data provenance by archiving both data files and survey forms. His work incorporated CI/CD updates and dependency management, establishing reproducible ingestion pipelines that improved data availability and reduced manual collection efforts.

February 2025 — pudl-archiver: Delivered the EIA RECS Data Archiver feature, enabling automated download, storage, and provenance of historical EIA RECS data across years. The work includes HTML parsing to discover dataset links, archiving of data files and the original survey forms, and CI/CD/dependency updates to support the archiver. This lays the groundwork for scalable ingestion of additional datasets and reduces manual data collection efforts, accelerating analytics and reporting workflows.
February 2025 — pudl-archiver: Delivered the EIA RECS Data Archiver feature, enabling automated download, storage, and provenance of historical EIA RECS data across years. The work includes HTML parsing to discover dataset links, archiving of data files and the original survey forms, and CI/CD/dependency updates to support the archiver. This lays the groundwork for scalable ingestion of additional datasets and reduces manual data collection efforts, accelerating analytics and reporting workflows.
January 2025 performance summary for catalyst-cooperative/pudl-archiver: Delivered EPA PCAP Data Archiver and Ingestion Metadata, enabling end-to-end download and archiving of EPA Priority Climate Action Plan data (Excel and PDF) and enriching the sources config with dataset metadata to support ingestion and governance. The work establishes a reproducible PCAP data ingestion workflow, enhancing data availability for reporting and analytics, and improving traceability and compliance. No major bugs fixed this month.
January 2025 performance summary for catalyst-cooperative/pudl-archiver: Delivered EPA PCAP Data Archiver and Ingestion Metadata, enabling end-to-end download and archiving of EPA Priority Climate Action Plan data (Excel and PDF) and enriching the sources config with dataset metadata to support ingestion and governance. The work establishes a reproducible PCAP data ingestion workflow, enhancing data availability for reporting and analytics, and improving traceability and compliance. No major bugs fixed this month.
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