Recipes

Complete, copy-paste-ready examples for common energy market analysis tasks using the GridStatus API.

Complete, copy-paste-ready examples for common energy market analysis tasks using the GridStatus API.

Getting Started

Before using any recipes, make sure you've completed the Setup.

Available Recipes

• Pull data for a single node - Fetch day-ahead hourly settlement point prices for a specific ERCOT node

• Real-Time Dashboard - Build a dashboard showing current grid conditions with automatic refresh

• Trading Hub Price Analysis - Compare prices across trading hubs to identify arbitrage opportunities and congestion patterns

• Renewable Generation Analysis - Track solar and wind generation patterns to understand renewable penetration trends

• Price Spike Detection and Analysis - Find and analyze extreme price events for risk assessment

• Data Freshness Monitoring - Monitor data pipeline health and alert on stale data

• Historical Data Export for Backtesting - Export historical data with local caching for backtesting trading strategies

• Multi-ISO Comparison - Compare load and prices across multiple ISOs for regional analysis

• Quota-Aware Batch Processing - Process large date ranges while respecting API quotas

Related Documentation

• Best Practices - Query optimization tips

• Advanced Query Features - Filtering, resampling, timezone

• Error Handling - Handle errors gracefully