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ISONE ISO-NE Capacity Scarcity Conditions

ISO New England's capacity scarcity condition notices, with the time of each notice, for finding when the New England grid was short of supply.

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About this data

These are the notices ISO-NE issues for capacity scarcity conditions, each with the time it applies to. A capacity scarcity condition marks acute supply tightness in New England, so the notices are a useful companion when explaining high prices.

What people use it for

  • Find when New England entered a capacity scarcity condition
  • Line up scarcity notices with price spikes
  • Review how often scarcity conditions occurred

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Which data provider has ISONE ISO-NE Capacity Scarcity Conditions data?
Ask the Grid has it, from ISO-NE Web Services. You can browse every row in Ask the Grid Data or query it with SQL or the Ask the Grid API.
Where does ISONE ISO-NE Capacity Scarcity Conditions come from?
It comes from ISO-NE Web Services. This page links to the original publication, so any value can be checked against it.
How do I download or query ISONE ISO-NE Capacity Scarcity Conditions?
Open the iso_ne.capacity_scarcity 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.