Assets & live data

Everything about one asset

Select an asset to open a card with its name, type, metadata, and—where available—a photo. The single-asset info card and current live value stay public; a free account adds multi-asset selection and comparison.

Live value & sparkline

Zones show live demand, nodes show price (LMP), and plants show generation — each with a smooth live counter and a sparkline over the scrubbed window. Zones add a forecast overlay.

Battery dispatch — storage plants

For ERCOT battery systems, Generation & output shows the ISO-reported resources behind the site, average discharge, peak output, capacity factor, cycles per day, charging and discharging share, a 90-day hourly dispatch shape, and the latest disclosed output.

Generation & output — other plants

For other generators, the same accordion gives fuel, capacity, operator and technology context, plus recent output where the ISO publishes resource-level generation.

Price detail — nodes

Open a settlement point's detail for price statistics, spike counts, negative-price share, price distribution, hourly shape, and recent locational price history.

Free account for deeper card data

Info cards and current live values stay public. Historical price, generation, battery dispatch, and deeper operating panels require a free account.

One full asset-page preview

The full asset page adds ownership, evidence, and related facilities. Browsing anonymously, you get one full page preview; a free account unlocks every profile.

Browse the asset directory

Open a market's Assets page to search and filter its source-backed inventory. Directory rows show comparable identity, location, technology, operator, and capacity fields and link to the corresponding profile.

1. 1Open Assets for the active market.
2. 2Search by asset, owner, operator, county, or technology.
3. 3Open a result to review its evidence-backed profile.

Read a full profile

Plant, price-node, zone, line, and other supported profiles keep identity, geography, ownership, market context, operating evidence, nearby assets, and related facilities together. Source notes distinguish reported facts from Ask the Grid joins or estimates.

Compare plants

Use Compare from an asset page or directory to place several plants in one normalized table. Compare identity, technology, nameplate capacity, ownership, location, and other fields available across the selected set.

Use counties, leaderboards, and operator views

County hubs roll up installed capacity and local facilities. Leaderboards rank eligible assets by a clearly labeled measure, while operator views group facilities under the named registry operator. These are discovery views, not claims about real-time availability or economic control.

Every dataset behind the map

The catalog lists the public datasets Ask the Grid runs on — ISO market feeds, EIA generators, HIFLD transmission, weather, and more — each with its source, schema, a live preview, and a coverage timeline.

1. 1Open the Data Catalog from the left navigation.
2. 2Pick a dataset to see its columns, a 25-row preview, and how far back it goes.

Current and forecast weather

Weather Forecast Grid (Current + Ahead) supplies hourly temperature, humidity, cloud cover, solar radiation, precipitation, and wind at several heights through the near-term horizon. Use it for current conditions and the hours ahead.

1. 1Open the Data Catalog.
2. 2Choose Weather Forecast Grid (Current + Ahead).
3. 3Review its coverage, cadence, schema, and sample rows.