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CENACE Zonal Prices

CENACE hourly day-ahead and real-time load-zone prices for Baja California, Baja California Sur and mainland Mexico, with energy, loss and congestion.

Published by CENACE Market Information System (public area) (opens in a new tab)Cadence: hourly; day-ahead daily, real-time about a week latePricesBaja California marketCENACE market
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About this data

CENACE, Mexico's grid operator, publishes hourly prices by load zone. This dataset covers Baja California (Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, San Luis Rio Colorado), Baja California Sur and the mainland zones, day-ahead from 2016 and real-time from 2017, with energy, loss and congestion components. Day-ahead prices post daily and real-time prices about a week later. Prices are in pesos, and the FRED peso exchange rate converts them to dollars.

What people use it for

  • Follow zonal prices in Baja California and mainland Mexico
  • Compare day-ahead and real-time prices by zone
  • Split prices into energy, loss and congestion

TermsDay-ahead vs. real-time marketsLocational marginal pricing (LMP)Nodal vs. zonal pricing

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The grid agent reads it to answer questions in every market it covers. Every answer names the data it read and links back here.

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Questions

Which data provider has CENACE Zonal Prices data?
Ask the Grid has it, from CENACE Market Information System (public area). You can browse every row in Ask the Grid Data, query it with SQL or the Ask the Grid API, or ask the grid agent about it in plain English.
Where does CENACE Zonal Prices come from?
It comes from CENACE Market Information System (public area). This page links to the original publication, so any value can be checked against it.
How do I download or query CENACE Zonal Prices?
Open the cenace.zonal_prices table in Ask the Grid Data to browse every row and run SQL against it, or call it from code through the Ask the Grid API. Full history can be delivered on a schedule to Snowflake, Databricks or your own storage.
Can I ask questions about CENACE Zonal Prices in plain English?
Yes. The grid agent reads this data when a question needs it, for example "what are cenace zonal prices in baja california today", and every answer names the dataset it read.