Utility Listing Methods

The following methods accept different inputs and return the same utility information output as a XML document. This document is in the form of an array of string indexed arrays values (a 2 dimentional hash table).

• • doGetUtilityListByState: This accepts either a state’s full name or it’s 2 letter abbreviation as a string.

  • doGetUtilityListByZip: This accepts a 5 digit zip code as an integer.

            The XML returned contains the following values:

• • name: the name of the utility

  • util_id: the internal TAP utility id

  • state: the state in which the utility is headquartered

  • country: the country in which the utility operates

  • url: a link to the utility’s home page within TAP

  • eia_code: a unique code given to each utility in the United States by the E.I.A.

The key value returned for each utility is util_id, which can then used to run the Tariff Listing Methods.