Write an archiver for EIA National Energy Modeling System Input Data

[cmgosnell]

Motivation and context:

Briefly describe the dataset. What is it, and why do we want to archive it regularly?
NEMS is the modeling tool which is used to produce the Annual Energy Outlook. Main AEO page here. The NEMS model is complex and interesting, but the input data used for NEMS is useful in it's own right. The scope of the archive is not to archive the whole NEMS model, but rather just the input data. EIA semi-recently open-sourced its NEMS code and input files (older versions of NEMS required a key to open the zipped data files). For PUDL, the most valuable input (i believe) would be this plants file but we should probably archive all of the input data.

Links:

• NEMS Docs page
• NEMS repo
• GH Inputs dir

Notes:

Requirements for archiving

To be archived on Zenodo, a dataset must be:

• published under an open license that permits reuse and redistribution
• less than 50Gb in size (when zipped)
• relevant to energy modelling and research

Checklist for archive creation

Based on the README documentation on creating a new archive:

Tasks

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1. Define the dataset's metadata
2. Implement archiver interface
3. Test archiver locally
4. Test uploading to Zenodo
5. Manually review archive before publication
6. Finalize archive (only core Catalyst developers can complete this step)
7. Automate archiving

Links to published archives:

Include a link to the published sandbox archive for review.