The gridstatus open source library is a Python library maintained by Grid Status that provides a consistent API for accessing raw electricity supply, demand, and pricing data for the major Independent System Operators (ISOs) in the United States and Canada. It currently supports data from CAISO, SPP, ISONE, MISO, ERCOT, NYISO, PJM, IESO, AESO, and the EIA.
GridStatus.io and Hosted API
This library provides minimally-processed data. If you need production-ready data, consider using our hosted API or visit GridStatus.io to see the data in a web interface.
If you are trying to use our hosted API, you might want to check out the gridstatusio library.
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Installation
gridstatus supports python 3.11+. Install with uv
uv pip install gridstatus
Upgrade using the following command
uv pip install --upgrade gridstatus
Environment Variables
- Some parsers require the use of environment variables
- See .env.template for the required environment variables
- Environment variables can be set in the following ways
- In a
.envfile in the root of the project - In the environment where the code is run
- In a
Documentation and Examples
To learn more, visit the documentation and view example notebooks.
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We'd love to answer any usage or data access questions! Please let us know by posting a GitHub issue.
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