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PG&E Distribution Planning Forecast Values

Yearly values behind PG&E's distribution planning: forecast facility loading, deficiency beyond rating, and circuit forecasts of EVs, solar and storage in MW.

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About this data

These are the planning values PG&E publishes for each facility, by measure and year. They include forecast loading, deficiency (forecast load beyond a facility's rating) and PG&E's circuit-level forecasts of electrification, electric vehicles, solar, storage and energy efficiency, in MW. It is refreshed as a weekly snapshot and shows where PG&E expects its distribution grid to be strained.

What people use it for

  • Find facilities forecast to exceed their rating
  • See PG&E's EV, solar and storage forecasts by circuit
  • Anticipate distribution upgrades

Where to use it

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The grid agent reads it to answer questions about CAISO. Every answer names the data it read and links back here.

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Questions

Which data provider has PG&E Distribution Planning Forecast Values data?
Ask the Grid has it, from PG&E Grid Resource Integration Portal. 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 Distribution Planning Forecast Values come from?
It comes from PG&E Grid Resource Integration Portal. This page links to the original publication, so any value can be checked against it.
How do I download or query PG&E Distribution Planning Forecast Values?
Open the pge_grip.planning_values 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 Distribution Planning Forecast Values in plain English?
Yes. The grid agent reads this data when a question needs it, for example "which pg&e facilities are forecast to be overloaded", and every answer names the dataset it read.