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CAISO

California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

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class gridstatus.caiso.CAISO

Bases: gridstatus.base.ISOBase

California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

Attributes

default_timezone	US/Pacific
iso_id	caiso
markets	None
name	California ISO
status_homepage	https://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/default.aspx
trading_hub_locations	[‘TH_NP15_GEN-APND’, ‘TH_SP15_GEN-APND’, ‘TH_ZP26_GEN-APND’]

Methods

get_fuel_mix	Get fuel mix in 5 minute intervals for a provided day
get_gas_prices	Return gas prices at a previous date
get_ghg_allowance	Return ghg allowance at a previous date
get_lmp	Get day ahead LMP pricing starting at supplied date for a list of locations.
get_load	Return load at a previous date in 5 minute intervals
get_load_forecast	Returns load forecast for a previous date in 1 hour intervals
get_pnodes
get_stats
get_status	Get Current Status of the Grid. Only date="latest" is supported
get_storage	Return storage charging or discharging for today in 5 minute intervals
get_supply	Get supply for a date or date range in hourly intervals

get_fuel_mix(date, end=None, verbose=False)

Get fuel mix in 5 minute intervals for a provided day

Arguments:

date (datetime or str): “latest”, “today”, or an object that can be parsed as a datetime for the day to return data.

start (datetime or str): start of date range to return. alias for date parameter. Only specify one of date or start.

end (datetime or str): “today” or an object that can be parsed as a datetime for the day to return data. Only used if requesting a range of dates.

verbose (bool): print verbose output. Defaults to False.

Returns:

pd.Dataframe: dataframe with columns: Time and columns for each fuel type

get_gas_prices(date, end=None, fuel_region_id='ALL', sleep=5, verbose=False)

Return gas prices at a previous date

Arguments:

date: date to return data end: last date of range to return data. if None, returns only date. Defaults to None. fuel_region_id(str, or list): single fuel region id or list of fuel region ids to return data for. Defaults to ALL, which returns all fuel regions.

get_ghg_allowance(date, end=None, sleep=5, verbose=False)

Return ghg allowance at a previous date

Arguments:

date: date to return data end: last date of range to return data. if None, returns only date. Defaults to None.

get_lmp(date, market: str, locations: list = None, sleep: int = 5, end=None, verbose=False)

Get day ahead LMP pricing starting at supplied date for a list of locations.

Arguments:

date: date to return data

market: market to return from. supports:

locations(list): list of locations to get data from. If no locations are provided, defaults to NP15, SP15, and ZP26, which are the trading hub locations. For a list of locations, call CAISO.get_pnodes()

sleep(int): number of seconds to sleep before returning to avoid hitting rate limit in regular usage. Defaults to 5 seconds.

Returns

dataframe of pricing data

get_load(date, end=None, verbose=False)

Return load at a previous date in 5 minute intervals

get_load_forecast(date, end=None, sleep=5, verbose=False)

Returns load forecast for a previous date in 1 hour intervals

Arguments:

date(datetime, pd.Timestamp, or str): day to return. if string, format should be YYYYMMDD e.g 20200623 sleep(int): number of seconds to sleep before returning to avoid hitting rate limit in regular usage. Defaults to 5 seconds.

get_pnodes()

get_stats()

get_status(date='latest') → str

Get Current Status of the Grid. Only date=”latest” is supported

Known possible values: Normal, Restricted Maintenance Operations, Flex Alert

get_storage(date, verbose=False)

Return storage charging or discharging for today in 5 minute intervals

Negative means charging, positive means discharging

Arguments:

date: date to return data

get_supply(date, end=None, verbose=False)

Get supply for a date or date range in hourly intervals

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