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Renewable Generation Forecast

CAISO wind and solar forecasts by trading hub and market run.

Generation dataCAISO market
Query with the agent
Native record
renewable trading hub x resource type x target interval x publication time
5-minute RTD and hourly DAM publication cadence
Evidence
Forecast data
Forward-looking values with an explicit issue time
Time basis
Interval-start records
UTC · event_time

Overview

event_time is delivery time and source_time is publication time. Historical forecast-error analysis must use the last source_time at or before delivery; using a later revision introduces hindsight.

Query contract

Preserve source_time, then select one leakage-safe vintage per event_time, market_run, trading_hub, and renewable_type.

Analysis rules

  • For a historical target choose the greatest source_time at or before event_time. For a forward target choose the greatest source_time at or before the analysis cutoff.
  • For CAISO-wide wind or solar, select vintages first and then sum NP15, SP15, and ZP26 at a common event_time.

Interpretation

  • Using a forecast revision published after delivery introduces hindsight.

Access

Query from your own tools

Use the guarded HTTP endpoint directly, or connect an MCP client and load the dataset contract with describe_data before calling query_data.

CAISO MCP API reference
HTTP endpoint
POST /api/v1/datasets/caiso_renewables_forecast/query

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Schema8

Column
Type
event_timeDateTime64(6, 'UTC')
market_runLowCardinality(String)
trading_hubLowCardinality(String)
renewable_typeLowCardinality(String)
mwNullable(Float64)
labelNullable(String)
ingested_atDateTime64(6, 'UTC')
source_timeNullable(DateTime64(6, 'UTC'))

Sample data

event_timemarket_runtrading_hubrenewable_typemwlabelingested_atsource_time
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damZP26Wind13.12Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damZP26Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damSP15Wind1891.71Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damSP15Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damNP15Wind83.97Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damNP15Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damAVA_Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damZP26Wind13.12Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:31:52.1553932026-10-20 04:31:30.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damZP26Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:31:52.1553932026-10-20 04:31:30.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damSP15Wind1891.71Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:31:52.1553932026-10-20 04:31:30.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damSP15Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:31:52.1553932026-10-20 04:31:30.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damNP15Wind83.97Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:31:52.1553932026-10-20 04:31:30.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damNP15Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:31:52.1553932026-10-20 04:31:30.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damAVA_Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:31:52.1553932026-10-20 04:31:30.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damZP26Wind13.12Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:16:48.7825792026-10-20 04:16:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damZP26Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:16:48.7825792026-10-20 04:16:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damSP15Wind1891.71Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:16:48.7825792026-10-20 04:16:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damSP15Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:16:48.7825792026-10-20 04:16:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damNP15Wind83.97Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:16:48.7825792026-10-20 04:16:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damNP15Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:16:48.7825792026-10-20 04:16:27.000000
2026-10-22 04:00:00.000000damAVA_Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:16:48.7825792026-10-20 04:16:27.000000
2026-10-22 03:00:00.000000damZP26Wind13.33Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 03:00:00.000000damZP26Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 03:00:00.000000damSP15Wind1963.47Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000
2026-10-22 03:00:00.000000damSP15Solar0Renewable Forecast Day Ahead2026-10-20 04:46:48.9818682026-10-20 04:46:27.000000

Coverage

100.0% complete0 gap days1,240 days with data
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Coverage: 100.0%Days with data: 1,240Gaps: 0
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