Introduction¶
Pyiso provides Python client libraries for ISO and other power grid data sources. It powers the WattTime Impact API, among other things.
What’s an ISO?¶
Electricity markets are operated by “balancing authorities,” which manage supply and demand for a given service area. The bigger balancing authorities, called Independent Services Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations (ISOs/RTOs, or simply ISOs), together cover about 2/3 of US electricity consumers.
ISOs are required to provide real-time data about electricity market operations, but choose to do so in a wide variety of unstandardized, inconvenient formats. Some smaller balancing authorities provide data too.
What’s included¶
Pyiso makes it easier to collect data from ISOs and other balancing authorities by providing a uniform Python interface to each data stream. See the Usage page for instructions on how to get started.
Specifically, here are the included balancing authorities and their respective data sources:
Note: Some balancing authorities offer data directly and through the EIA client.
| balancing authority abbrev. | balancing authority name/region | data source |
|---|---|---|
| AESO | Alberta Elec. System Operator (Canada) | AESO |
| AZPS | Arizona Public Service | SVERI |
| BCH | British Columbia Hydro (Canada) | BCH |
| BPA | Bonneville Power Administration (Pac NW) | BPA |
| CAISO | California ISO | CAISO |
| DEAA | DECA Arlington Valley (AZ) | SVERI |
| ELE | El Paso Electric | SVERI |
| ERCOT | Texas | ERCOT |
| EU | European Union | ENTSO |
| GRIF | Griffith Energy (AZ) | SVERI |
| HGMA | Harquahala Generation Maricopa Arizona | SVERI |
| IESO | Ontario (Canada) | IESO |
| IID | Imperial Irrigation District (CA) | SVERI |
| ISONE | ISO New England | ISONE |
| MISO | Midcontinent ISO | MISO |
| NBP | New Brunswick Power (Canada) | NBPower |
| NLH | Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Canada) | NLHydro |
| NSP | Nova Scotia Power (Canada) | NSPower |
| NEVP | Nevada Power | NVEnergy |
| NYISO | New York ISO | NYISO |
| PEI | Price Edward Island (Canada) | PEI |
| PJM | Mid-Atlantic | PJM |
| PNM | Public Service Co New Mexico | SVERI |
| SASK | Saskatchewan Power (Canada) | SaskPower |
| SPPC | Sierra Pacific Power (NV) | NVEnergy |
| SRP | Salt River Project (AZ) | SVERI |
| TEPC | Tuscon Electric Power Co | SVERI |
| WALC | WAPA Desert Southwest (NV, AZ) | SVERI |
| YUKON | Yukon Energy (Canada) | YUKON |
The following BAs are available through the EIA client.
| balancing authority abbrev. | balancing authority name/region | data source |
|---|---|---|
| AEC | PowerSouth Energy Cooperative | EIA |
| AECI | Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. | EIA |
| AESO | Alberta Electric System Operator | EIA |
| AVA | Avista Corporation | EIA |
| AZPS | Arizona Public Service- EIA data | EIA |
| BANC | Bal Authority of Northern California | EIA |
| BCTC | British Columbia Transmission Corp | EIA |
| BPAT | Bonneville Power Admin- EIA data | EIA |
| CAISO | California ISO- EIA data | EIA |
| CFE | Comision Federal de Electricidad | EIA |
| CHPD | Pub Utility Dist 1 of Chelan County | EIA |
| CISO | California Independent System Operator | EIA |
| CPLE | Duke Energy Progress East | EIA |
| CPLW | Duke Energy Progress West | EIA |
| DEAA | DECA Arlington Valley (AZ)- EIA data | EIA |
| DOPD | PUD No. 1 of Douglas County | EIA |
| DUK | Duke Energy Carolinas | EIA |
| EEI | Electric Energy, Inc | EIA |
| EPE | El Paso Electric - EIA data | EIA |
| ERCO | Texas- EIA data | EIA |
| FMPP | Florida Municipal Power Pool | EIA |
| FPC | Duke Energy Florida | EIA |
| FPL | Florida Power and Light Co. | EIA |
| GCPD | PUD of Grant County, Washington | EIA |
| GRID | Gridforce Energy Management | EIA |
| GRIF | Griffith Energy (AZ) - EIA data | EIA |
| GRMA | Gila River Power | EIA |
| GVL | Gainesville Regional Utilities | EIA |
| GWA | NaturEner Power Watch | EIA |
| HGMA | Harquahala Gen Maricopa Az - EIA | EIA |
| HQT | Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie | EIA |
| HST | City of Homestead | EIA |
| IESO | Ontario IESO | EIA |
| IID | Imperial Irrigation District- EIA | EIA |
| IPCO | Idaho Power Company | EIA |
| ISNE | ISO New England - EIA data | EIA |
| JEA | JEA Jacksonville, Fl | EIA |
| LDWP | Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power | EIA |
| LGEE | Louisville Gas & Electric/KY Utilities | EIA |
| MHEB | Manitoba Hydro | EIA |
| MISO | Midcontinent ISO - EIA data | EIA |
| NBSO | New Brunswick System Operator | EIA |
| NEVP | Nevada Power - EIA data | EIA |
| NSB | New Smyrna Beach UC | EIA |
| NWMT | NorthWestern Corporation | EIA |
| NYIS | New York ISO - EIA data | EIA |
| OVEC | Ohio Valley Electric Corporation | EIA |
| PACE | PacifiCorp East | EIA |
| PACW | PacifiCorp West | EIA |
| PGE | Portland General Electric Co | EIA |
| PJM | Mid-Atlantic - EIA data | EIA |
| PNM | Public Service Co New Mexico- EIA | EIA |
| PSCO | Public Service Company of Colorado | EIA |
| PSEI | Puget Sound Energy | EIA |
| SC | South Carolina Public Service Auth | EIA |
| SCEG | South Carolina Electric and Gas | EIA |
| SCL | Seattle City Light | EIA |
| SEC | Seminole Electric Cooperative | EIA |
| SEPA | Southeastern Power Admin | EIA |
| SOCO | Southern Company Services | EIA |
| SPA | Southwestern Power Admin | EIA |
| SPC | Saskatchewan Power Corporation | EIA |
| SRP | Salt River Project (AZ) - EIA data | EIA |
| SWPP | Southwest Power Pool | EIA |
| TAL | City of Tallahassee | EIA |
| TEC | Tampa Electric Company | EIA |
| TEPC | Tuscon Electric Power Co | EIA |
| TIDC | Turdock Irrigation District | EIA |
| TPWR | City of Tacoma DPU | EIA |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority | EIA |
| WACM | Western Area Power Admin- Rocky Mtn | EIA |
| WALC | WAPA Desert Southwest (NV, AZ)-EIA | EIA |
| WAUW | Western Area Power Admin- Great Plains | EIA |
| WWA | NaturEner Wind Watch | EIA |
| YAD | Alcoa Power Generation- Yadkin | EIA |
For European data, you also need to specify a “control area”. The available control areas are:
| control area abbrev. | control area country/provider |
|---|---|
| AL | Albania |
| AT | Austria |
| BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| BE | Belgium |
| BG | Bulgaria |
| CH | Switzerland |
| CY | Cyprus |
| CZ | Czech Republic |
| DE(50HzT) | Germany (50 HzT) |
| DE(Amprion) | Germany (Amprion) |
| DE(TenneT GER) | Germany (TenneT) |
| DE(TransnetBW) | Germany (Transnet) |
| DK | Denmark |
| EE | Estonia |
| ES | Spain |
| FI | Finland |
| FR | France |
| GR | Greece |
| HR | Croatia |
| HU | Hungary |
| IE | Ireland |
| IT | Italy |
| LT | Lithuania |
| LU | Luxembourg |
| LV | Latvia |
| MD | Moldavia |
| ME | Montenegro |
| MK | Macedonia |
| MT | Malta |
| NIE | UK (NIE) |
| NL | Netherlands |
| NO | Norway |
| National Grid | UK (National Grid) |
| PL | Poland |
| PL-CZ | Czech Republic/Poland |
| PT | Portugal |
| RO | Romania |
| RS | Serbia |
| RU | Russia |
| RU-KGD | Russia (KGD) |
| SE | Sweden |
| SI | Slovenia |
| SK | Slovakia |
| TR | Turkey |
| UA | Ukraine |
| UA-WEPS | Ukraine (WEPS) |