Do I need an account to use Ask the Grid?

Asset and forecast directories, market pages, stories, the first page of the Energy Wire, Help Center, and the data catalog work without an account. You can sample 2 unique asset or forecast detail pages; a free account continues through every detail and opens interactive maps, Grid Radar, Today, the full Wire, up to 40 grid-agent questions per hour, Saved views, History, alerts, embeds, and downloads. Shared map links remain viewable without sign-in.

Which grids are covered?

ERCOT, NYISO, CAISO, PJM, MISO, ISO-NE, SPP, BPA, and Baja California are live — 9 supported grids, including the seven organized US power markets and the Bonneville balancing area. Surface-specific guides state when a deeper workflow is available for a narrower set.

Where does the data come from?

Public sources include ISO market feeds, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), HIFLD for transmission and substation geography, and weather publishers such as Open-Meteo. Public datasets exposed by Ask the Grid are documented in the data catalog with their source and cadence.

How do I verify an agent answer?

Open the agent's steps and source citations, confirm the market, location, unit, interval, and observation time, then inspect the originating ISO report or catalog dataset before using a material claim.

Learn the grid by doing.

14 complete field guides connect every major Ask the Grid workflow to the production screen, source boundary, and next action that makes it useful.

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Short paths into the most common Ask the Grid workflows.

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The Today dashboard with ranked conditions across seven organized power markets.

Read today’s gridStart with ranked conditions, then open the Radar evidence behind each one.

Understand an assetMove from a map selection to its profile, operating history, and peers.

The grid agent answering a sourced question beside the live ERCOT map.

Ask a sourced questionGive the agent grid context, ask your question, and check its evidence.

The alert editor open beside ERCOT Grid Radar.

Create an alertStart from a node, asset, Radar widget, pin, or selected area.

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Learn the product, open your first market, and orient each day around current grid conditions and their sources.

The Ask the Grid workspace: the live ERCOT map with zones, price nodes, and transmission, map tools along the top edge, and the grid agent open in the right sidebar.

5 sectionsStart with Ask the GridOpen a market, follow one live question to its evidence, and set up the account and keyboard controls you will use every day.12 min read · Public research · Free account for workspace

Today finding detail showing an operator-published advisory, evidence semantics and scope, and Follow this finding.

4 sectionsToday & the Energy WireBegin with ranked live-grid conditions, then follow the supporting Radar desk, reporting, and original source.9 min read · Energy Wire first page public · Free account for Today and the full Wire

Explore the grid

Move through markets, layers, time, assets, datasets, and the complete public forecast archive.

The national map showing organized-market footprints across the United States beside the grid agent panel.

9 sectionsMap, layers & timelineMove between the national grid and one market, combine source-labeled layers, replay time, inspect congestion, and focus the exact assets that matter.13 min read · Free account · Shared links viewable without sign-in

North Central weather-zone card showing demand, observed and forecast curves, chart actions, and sharing controls.

4 sectionsAssets, directories & dataMove from a live map card to a durable asset profile, peer comparison, directory, leaderboard, and the source dataset underneath it.13 min read · 2 detail pages without an account · Free account after

The Ask the Grid forecast archive in card view showing 41 forecasts with search, Filters, sparklines, peaks, and changes across each visible window.

5 sectionsForecasts & the archiveBrowse the public forecast archive, inspect operator-native horizons and sources, read net load, and compare the vintage available then with what happened later.14 min read · Public archive · 2 detail samples · Free account after

Ask and investigate

Turn the active grid into a sourced answer, a market-native operating desk, or a national queue investigation.

The grid agent beside the ERCOT map with its Ran 2 tools trace expanded, a catalog search and a query on ercot.supply_demand, above an answer comparing actual demand with the intraday forecast.

6 sectionsThe agentAsk about one market or compare several, inspect sources, attach map context, and continue from any claim or chart.12 min read · Free account

ERCOT Radar overview with desk tabs, grid condition, headline readings, individual source clocks, and delayed congestion status.

4 sectionsGrid RadarRead a market-native operating cockpit, distinguish live source states, arrange the desks you use, and hand any widget into an alert or investigation.13 min read · Free account

The National grid map with interconnection queue capacity labeled by county across the organized markets.

6 sectionsInterconnection queuesCompare official queue publications across the seven organized markets and BPA, then inspect county, project, publication, and history detail without losing source semantics.14 min read · Public queue Views · Free account for the interactive map

Save and monitor

Preserve a useful view, schedule a repeatable brief, share it, and watch the conditions that matter.

The live ERCOT price View with its operating question, map preview, Open in Map action, and agent handoff.

7 sectionsViews, Saved & sharingBegin from a reviewed live View, organize saved items into collections, import an existing list, and share an agent answer, a reproducible map scene, or an embed.13 min read · Free account for Saved, sharing answers, embeds, and downloads

Reports template cards for ERCOT Morning Briefing, asset morning watch, and weekly congestion, with Use template and View details.

4 sectionsReports & recurring briefingsTurn a market or asset question into a one-time report, a recurring briefing, an email edition, and a durable issue archive.10 min read · Free account

Houston Hub selected on the ERCOT map with the Alerts tool open on a new real-time price alert: fixed limit, direction, limit in $/MWh, and combined conditions.

6 sectionsAlertsCreate value, event, asset, collection, and geographic monitors, then route them through reusable email, SMS, Slack, or Microsoft Teams destinations.17 min read · Free account

Connect tools and data

Use the APIs, connect an AI client to public market tools, or bring private operational data into an Enterprise workspace.

Live developer console showing the Metis 1 Preview specification and five API families: Forecast, Data, Insights, Chat, and Alerts.

4 sectionsLimited previewDeveloper platformExplore the Forecast, Data, Insights, Chat, and Alerts APIs, the Metis 1 Preview model page, generated reference, API keys, usage, request history, and copyable code.11 min read · Signed-in console · API keys by application

The ERCOT MCP server page showing its resource URL with a copy button, dataset and tool counts, ERCOT scope, and transport and protocol details.

5 sectionsConnect an AI client with MCPConnect Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Codex, or another compatible client to one authenticated power-market resource.14 min read · Free account

A private Ask the Grid workspace for an illustrative utility, showing a distribution network model as map layers beside public grid infrastructure.

3 sectionsEnterpriseBring your own dataConnect the operational and market systems your team already runs, so the agent and map work over your data, not just public feeds.8 min read · Enterprise

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to use Ask the Grid?: Asset and forecast directories, market pages, stories, the first page of the Energy Wire, Help Center, and the data catalog work without an account. You can sample 2 unique asset or forecast detail pages; a free account continues through every detail and opens interactive maps, Grid Radar, Today, the full Wire, up to 40 grid-agent questions per hour, Saved views, History, alerts, embeds, and downloads. Shared map links remain viewable without sign-in.
Which grids are covered?: ERCOT, NYISO, CAISO, PJM, MISO, ISO-NE, SPP, BPA, and Baja California are live — 9 supported grids, including the seven organized US power markets and the Bonneville balancing area. Surface-specific guides state when a deeper workflow is available for a narrower set.
Where does the data come from?: Public sources include ISO market feeds, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), HIFLD for transmission and substation geography, and weather publishers such as Open-Meteo. Public datasets exposed by Ask the Grid are documented in the data catalog with their source and cadence.
How do I verify an agent answer?: Open the agent's steps and source citations, confirm the market, location, unit, interval, and observation time, then inspect the originating ISO report or catalog dataset before using a material claim.