Identity & Authority: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

(https://eia.gov) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 29, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
11 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
73% Reputation

Authority is established through institutional weight and current timestamps (May 28, 2026, which is 1 day old relative to the anchor). The only gap is the absence of structured JSON-LD schema in the provided data, which would typically support the Organization and GovernmentService identity. Expert claims are tied to named reports rather than individual personalities, which is standard for government authority.

There is no disconnect between claims and delivery. The site claims to provide energy forecasts and immediately presents a chart for average summer natural gas consumption (2016-2027). Every performance-related assertion is backed by a specific data source, such as the May 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage — no schema detected (entity gap)
/tools/a-z/index.php — no schema detected (entity gap)
/tools/faqs/index.php — no schema detected (entity gap)
/tools/faqs/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
21Review mentions (all pages)
12External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 4 3
/tools/a-z/index.php 9 3
/tools/faqs/index.php 4 3
/tools/faqs/ 4 3
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