diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b964dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache/
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Type checkers / linters
+.mypy_cache/
+.pyre/
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.env.*
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+# IDEs and editors
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
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+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/__pycache__/ingest_eia_energy_layers.cpython-314.pyc b/__pycache__/ingest_eia_energy_layers.cpython-314.pyc
index 07a3c0b..abd9810 100644
Binary files a/__pycache__/ingest_eia_energy_layers.cpython-314.pyc and b/__pycache__/ingest_eia_energy_layers.cpython-314.pyc differ
diff --git a/ingest_eia_energy_layers.py b/ingest_eia_energy_layers.py
index a416875..81ef532 100644
--- a/ingest_eia_energy_layers.py
+++ b/ingest_eia_energy_layers.py
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ EIA_GEOCODABLE_ENDPOINTS = {
     "electricity/facility-fuel": ["latitude", "longitude"],
 }
 
+# Endpoints that do not reliably support retry with ad-hoc data[] field requests.
+EIA_NO_RETRY_EXTRA_FIELDS = {
+    "electricity/facility-fuel",
+}
+
 # US state abbreviation to FIPS code mapping for state-level GEOID linking
 STATE_FIPS = {
     "AL": "01", "AK": "02", "AZ": "04", "AR": "05", "CA": "06",
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ def query_eia_api(endpoint: str, params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, extra_
             req_params[f"data[{i}]"] = field
     
     try:
-        resp = requests.get(url, params=req_params, timeout=60)
+        resp = requests.get(url, params=req_params, timeout=(10, 20))
         resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
     except requests.RequestException as e:
@@ -163,7 +168,11 @@ def fetch_eia_records(
         data = query_eia_api(endpoint, params=params, extra_data_fields=used_extra_fields)
 
         # Some endpoints return 400 when requesting unsupported fields (e.g. lat/lon).
-        if data is None and used_extra_fields:
+        if (
+            data is None
+            and used_extra_fields
+            and endpoint not in EIA_NO_RETRY_EXTRA_FIELDS
+        ):
             print(f"  retrying {endpoint} without extra data fields")
             used_extra_fields = None
             data = query_eia_api(endpoint, params=params, extra_data_fields=None)