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CENACE Live Demand, Generation and Forecast

CENACE's live chart for Baja California, Baja California Sur and the national system: hourly demand, generation and CENACE's demand forecast, stored whole at every hourly poll because CENACE keeps no history of it.

CENACELoad dataBaja California market
Query with the agent
Native record
system x hour x poll
hourly poll publication cadence
Evidence
Mixed evidence
Multiple evidence types kept distinct in the contract
Time basis
Point-in-time records
UTC · event_time

Overview

Baja California's demand minus generation is roughly its net import from California.

Query contract

Preserve one canonical row per (event_time, system, observed_at) before aggregating.

Analysis rules

  • Filter system: 'BCA' is Baja California (tied to CAISO), 'BCS' is Baja California Sur and 'SIN' is the rest of Mexico; never add systems together as if they were one grid.
  • Actuals: take the latest observed_at per (system, event_time) where demand_mw is not NULL.

Interpretation

  • operating_date and hour_ending are on Mexico City's clock (UTC-6) for every system on this chart, Baja California included; event_time is UTC and is what to compare with California.
  • History starts at the first poll (2026-09-26); there is nothing earlier.

Schema9

Column
Type
event_timeDateTime64(6, 'UTC')
systemLowCardinality(String)
observed_atDateTime64(6, 'UTC')
operating_dateNullable(Date)
hour_endingNullable(Int64)
demand_mwNullable(Float64)
generation_mwNullable(Float64)
forecast_mwNullable(Float64)
ingested_atDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

Sample data

event_timesystemobserved_atoperating_datehour_endingdemand_mwgeneration_mwforecast_mwingested_at
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 18:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 18:04:05.821099
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 18:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 18:04:05.821099
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCA2026-09-26 18:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅24992026-09-26 18:04:05.821099
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 17:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 17:04:06.231583
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 16:04:04.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 16:04:07.707827
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 15:04:07.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 15:04:09.221817
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 14:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 14:04:05.990562
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 13:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 13:04:06.360815
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 12:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 12:04:05.823318
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 11:04:04.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 11:04:06.004952
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 10:04:06.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 10:04:07.677459
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 09:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 09:04:06.285682
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 08:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 08:04:05.909046
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000SIN2026-09-26 07:04:08.0000002026-09-2624∅∅424742026-09-26 07:04:09.677577
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 17:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 17:04:06.231583
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 16:04:04.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 16:04:07.707827
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 15:04:07.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 15:04:09.221817
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 14:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 14:04:05.990562
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 13:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 13:04:06.360815
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 12:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 12:04:05.823318
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 11:04:04.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 11:04:06.004952
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 10:04:06.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 10:04:07.677459
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 09:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 09:04:06.285682
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 08:04:05.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 08:04:05.909046
2026-09-27 05:00:00.000000BCS2026-09-26 07:04:08.0000002026-09-2624∅∅5362026-09-26 07:04:09.677577

Coverage

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