What can the PJM MCP server access?

Only datasets registered for PJM. The server URL, the sign-in token, search results and every query are all limited to that market.

Is this PJM MCP server operated by PJM Interconnection?

No. Ask the Grid runs it independently. Every catalog record names the original publisher and links to the source, including PJM Market Data.

How is MCP different from using PJM Market Data directly?

The source portal stays the publication of record. The MCP server is built for an AI client: it can search Ask the Grid's catalog, read each table's schema and run read-only queries, with access limited to PJM.

PJM MCP server

The PJM server lets your AI client search and query Ask the Grid's PJM market data. Search, schemas, queries and sign-in all stay inside PJM.

Connection instructions Open the PJM map

PJM Interconnection · PJM Market Data

PJM resource URL

https://mcp.askthegrid.com/v1/pjm

datasets

tools

PJM

scope

Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · all MCP servers

Connect it in about a minute

Pick your client. If you're signed in, any PJM access you've already approved shows here.

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Connect with Claude

Add Ask the Grid as a custom connector, then authorize it with your existing account.

Claude Free (one custom connector), Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise

01Open Customize → Connectors and add a custom web connector. Team and Enterprise connectors must first be added for the organization.
02Name it “Ask the Grid PJM,” paste the resource URL below, and review the OAuth settings. Choose automatic client registration if prompted.
03Add the connector, sign in to Ask the Grid, and approve the requested scopes.
04In a conversation, open + → Connectors and enable Ask the Grid PJM.

PJM resource URL

https://mcp.askthegrid.com/v1/pjm

Official Claude MCP documentation

Ask it PJM questions.

Compare PJM prices across the western and eastern zones today.

Show PJM load versus the most recent forecast for each hour.

Find large gas plants near a named PJM substation.

Get the published intelligence dossier for this plant, or request hydration if it is missing.

PJM market workflows

Each one opens the catalog entry for the table behind it.

Five-minute and verified nodal LMPUse PJM prices to separate the newest unverified intervals from settled hourly history.Day-ahead and real-time basisCompare PJM nodal, zonal, and hub prices with their congestion and marginal-loss components intact.Live load and short-term forecastsTrack RTO and zone demand against the latest two-hour and seven-day forecast vintages.Generation outages and congestionRead PJM’s outage outlook and the monitored facilities named in day-ahead transmission constraints.PJM interconnection queue snapshotsSearch proposed projects by technology, requested capacity, status, and published connection details within one latest snapshot.

70 PJM datasets, query-ready

The agent reads each table's source, schema, coverage and query notes before it writes a query.

Real-Time 5-Minute LMP (Unverified)pjm.rt_unverified_fivemin_lmpsPJM · 5-minute Real-Time Hourly LMP (Verified)pjm.rt_hrl_lmpsPJM · hourly (settled ~18h lag)Day-Ahead Hourly LMPpjm.da_hrl_lmpsPJM · hourly (day-ahead)Instantaneous Loadpjm.inst_loadPJM · 5-minute Generation by Fuel Typepjm.gen_by_fuelPJM · hourly Generation Outages by Typepjm.gen_outages_by_typePJM · daily Very Short-Term Load Forecastpjm.very_short_load_frcstPJM · sub-hourly (~2h horizon)Day-Ahead Transmission Constraintspjm.da_transconstraintsPJM · daily (day-ahead)

Browse all 70 datasets+ 62 more in the catalog

Under the hood

15 typed tools. Every credential is bound to PJM.

Full tool contracts

Authentication: OAuth 2.1 with PKCE S256
Market boundary: PJM-only audience, allowlist, row caps, audited
Default scopes: mcp:catalog.read · mcp:grid.read · mcp:sql.read · mcp:assets.read
Hydration scope: mcp:assets.write — Enterprise approval required

Questions

What can the PJM MCP server access?: Only datasets registered for PJM. The server URL, the sign-in token, search results and every query are all limited to that market.
Is this PJM MCP server operated by PJM Interconnection?: No. Ask the Grid runs it independently. Every catalog record names the original publisher and links to the source, including PJM Market Data.
How is MCP different from using PJM Market Data directly?: The source portal stays the publication of record. The MCP server is built for an AI client: it can search Ask the Grid's catalog, read each table's schema and run read-only queries, with access limited to PJM.