PG&E Peak Day Pricing and SmartRate Event Days
The days PG&E called a Peak Day Pricing or SmartRate event, when enrolled customers pay more for power during the event hours.
About this data
Each row is a day PG&E called a Peak Day Pricing or SmartRate event, with the program and the Pacific calendar date. PG&E calls them on the days it expects the most strain on the grid, so they mark hot, tight days in its territory. People use them to line up grid stress with prices and load.
What people use it for
- Find the hot, tight days in PG&E's territory
- Count event days per summer
- Line up events with load and price data
Where to use it
In Ask the Grid
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Questions
- Which data provider has PG&E Peak Day Pricing and SmartRate Event Days data?
- Ask the Grid has it, from PG&E event days. You can browse every row in Ask the Grid Data, query it with SQL or the Ask the Grid API, reach it from an AI assistant over MCP, or ask the grid agent about it in plain English.
- Where does PG&E Peak Day Pricing and SmartRate Event Days come from?
- It comes from PG&E event days. This page links to the original publication, so any value can be checked against it.
- How do I download or query PG&E Peak Day Pricing and SmartRate Event Days?
- Open the pge_rates.event_days table in Ask the Grid Data to browse every row and run SQL against it, call it from code through the Ask the Grid API, or connect an MCP client. Full history can be delivered on a schedule to Snowflake, Databricks or your own storage.
- Can I ask questions about PG&E Peak Day Pricing and SmartRate Event Days in plain English?
- Yes. The grid agent reads this data when a question needs it, for example "when did pg&e call smartrate events this summer", and every answer names the dataset it read.