Real-Time Transmission Limits (Live)

THE LIVE PJM CONSTRAINT FEED — what is binding right now: the constraint name, its type, its contingency, and its shadow price, on a five-minute grid roughly 9 minutes behind real time.

Congestion & Constraints data PJM market

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One row per: event_time x constraint_name x contingency; Every 5 minutes, 30-day retention cadence
Evidence: Observed market data; Published observations from the named source
Time basis: Point-in-time records; UTC · event_time

Overview

PJM only publishes a row when a constraint is actually binding, and only retains a rolling 30 days; for history, see pjm_rt_marginal_value (the same shadow-price concept, ~20h behind, retained to 2010). Its shadow-price column was added 2020-04-29 and was not backfilled before that date. Source: PJM Market Data.

Query contract: Preserve one canonical row per (event_time, constraint_name, contingency) before aggregating.
Analysis rules: Group only after preserving the declared grain: event_time, constraint_name, contingency.

Access

Download: Query it in SQL, download it, or read it with an API key. Download data
MCP: Connect an MCP client and load the contract with describe_data before calling query_data.PJM MCP API reference
HTTP endpoint: POST /api/v1/datasets/pjm_transmission_limits/query
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Schema

6 columns

Column	Type
`event_time`	`DateTime64(6, 'UTC')`
`constraint_name`	`LowCardinality(String)`
`constraint_type`	`LowCardinality(String)`
`contingency`	`String`
`shadow_price`	`Nullable(Float64)`
`ingested_at`	`DateTime64(6, 'UTC')`

Sample data

event_time	constraint_name	constraint_type	contingency	shadow_price	ingested_at
2026-11-04 01:25:00.000000	SugarCk-Dresser-345 l/o Cayuga-CayugaCT-345	Thermal	BASE	-55.4	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:25:00.000000	PIERCE-DEARBORN A 345 KV	Thermal	LINE 345 KV TANNERSC-MIAMIFOR 4504;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1401 CB;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1403 CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T2 CB;	-308.17	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:25:00.000000	MANOR-OTTCRKPL MAN-OTTC A 230 KV	Thermal	CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/500-4 GCB B;CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/3-500B GCB C;LINE 500 KV CONASTON-PEACHBOT 5012;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 235 CB;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 245 CB;	-246.18	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:25:00.000000	FOSTORIA-LALLENDO TIE A 345 KV	Thermal	DAVISBES 25 KV DAVISBES DB10 GEN UNIT;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34560 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34561 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES TR1 XFORMER;	-355.48	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:25:00.000000	74 KEWAN B1Z1 DIS 138 KV	Thermal	981 CRES 138 KV 981 CRES L98105CB CB;CRBN 138 KV CRBN H31 CB;CRBN 138 KV CRBN H33 CB;LINE 138 KV CRBN-981 CRES 98105;	-28.54	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	SugarCk-Dresser-345 l/o Cayuga-CayugaCT-345	Thermal	BASE	-55.4	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	PIERCE-DEARBORN A 345 KV	Thermal	LINE 345 KV TANNERSC-MIAMIFOR 4504;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1401 CB;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1403 CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T2 CB;	-471.32	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	MANOR-OTTCRKPL MAN-OTTC A 230 KV	Thermal	CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/500-4 GCB B;CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/3-500B GCB C;LINE 500 KV CONASTON-PEACHBOT 5012;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 235 CB;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 245 CB;	-325.13	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	FOSTORIA-LALLENDO TIE A 345 KV	Thermal	DAVISBES 25 KV DAVISBES DB10 GEN UNIT;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34560 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34561 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES TR1 XFORMER;	-380.48	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	74 KEWAN B1Z1 DIS 138 KV	Thermal	981 CRES 138 KV 981 CRES L98105CB CB;CRBN 138 KV CRBN H31 CB;CRBN 138 KV CRBN H33 CB;LINE 138 KV CRBN-981 CRES 98105;	-28.26	2026-11-04 01:34:22.991633
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	SugarCk-Dresser-345 l/o Cayuga-CayugaCT-345	Thermal	BASE	-55.4	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	PIERCE-DEARBORN A 345 KV	Thermal	LINE 345 KV TANNERSC-MIAMIFOR 4504;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1401 CB;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1403 CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T2 CB;	-471.32	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	MANOR-OTTCRKPL MAN-OTTC A 230 KV	Thermal	CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/500-4 GCB B;CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/3-500B GCB C;LINE 500 KV CONASTON-PEACHBOT 5012;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 235 CB;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 245 CB;	-325.13	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	FOSTORIA-LALLENDO TIE A 345 KV	Thermal	DAVISBES 25 KV DAVISBES DB10 GEN UNIT;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34560 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34561 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES TR1 XFORMER;	-380.48	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:20:00.000000	74 KEWAN B1Z1 DIS 138 KV	Thermal	981 CRES 138 KV 981 CRES L98105CB CB;CRBN 138 KV CRBN H31 CB;CRBN 138 KV CRBN H33 CB;LINE 138 KV CRBN-981 CRES 98105;	-28.26	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	SugarCk-Dresser-345 l/o Cayuga-CayugaCT-345	Thermal	BASE	-55.4	2026-11-04 01:34:24.366431
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	PIERCE-DEARBORN A 345 KV	Thermal	LINE 345 KV TANNERSC-MIAMIFOR 4504;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1401 CB;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1403 CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T2 CB;	-316.27	2026-11-04 01:34:24.366431
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	MANOR-OTTCRKPL MAN-OTTC A 230 KV	Thermal	CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/500-4 GCB B;CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/3-500B GCB C;LINE 500 KV CONASTON-PEACHBOT 5012;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 235 CB;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 245 CB;	-219.93	2026-11-04 01:34:24.366431
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	FOSTORIA-LALLENDO TIE A 345 KV	Thermal	DAVISBES 25 KV DAVISBES DB10 GEN UNIT;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34560 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34561 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES TR1 XFORMER;	-421.7	2026-11-04 01:34:24.366431
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	SugarCk-Dresser-345 l/o Cayuga-CayugaCT-345	Thermal	BASE	-55.4	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	PIERCE-DEARBORN A 345 KV	Thermal	LINE 345 KV TANNERSC-MIAMIFOR 4504;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1401 CB;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1403 CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T2 CB;	-316.27	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	MANOR-OTTCRKPL MAN-OTTC A 230 KV	Thermal	CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/500-4 GCB B;CONASTON 500 KV CONASTON 5012/3-500B GCB C;LINE 500 KV CONASTON-PEACHBOT 5012;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 235 CB;PEACHBOT 500 KV PEACHBOT 245 CB;	-219.93	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:15:00.000000	FOSTORIA-LALLENDO TIE A 345 KV	Thermal	DAVISBES 25 KV DAVISBES DB10 GEN UNIT;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34560 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES B34561 CB;DAVISBES 345 KV DAVISBES TR1 XFORMER;	-421.7	2026-11-04 01:29:21.405065
2026-11-04 01:10:00.000000	SugarCk-Dresser-345 l/o Cayuga-CayugaCT-345	Thermal	BASE	-55.4	2026-11-04 01:34:24.366431
2026-11-04 01:10:00.000000	PIERCE-DEARBORN A 345 KV	Thermal	LINE 345 KV TANNERSC-MIAMIFOR 4504;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1401 CB;MIAMIFOR 345 KV MIAMIFOR 1403 CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T CB;TANNERSC 345 KV TANNERSC T2 CB;	-160.7	2026-11-04 01:34:24.366431

Coverage

Complete: 100.0%
Gap days: 0
Days with data: 49

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Coverage: 100.0%Days with data: 49Gaps: 0

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