ISO-DART Documentation

Welcome to the comprehensive documentation for ISO-DART v2.0 - the Independent System Operator Data Automated Request Tool.

Quick Links

🚀 Quick Start

Get up and running in 5 minutes

ISO-DART v2.0 Quick Start Guide

📖 User Guide

Complete usage documentation

User Guide

🔌 ISO Coverage

7 ISOs fully supported

ISO Coverage

💻 API Reference

Complete API documentation

API Reference

Table of Contents

Getting Started

User Guide

ISO Coverage

Weather & Solar

Weather & Solar Data

Tutorials

API Reference

Developer Guide

Developer Guide

Operations

Operations Guide

Reference

Reference

What is ISO-DART?

ISO-DART simplifies access to electricity market data across the United States. Whether you’re a researcher, energy analyst, or data scientist, ISO-DART provides a unified interface to download pricing, load, generation, and weather data from multiple ISOs.

Key Features

🔌 7 ISO Coverage: CAISO, MISO, NYISO, SPP, BPA, PJM, ISO-NE
🌤️ Weather Integration: Historical weather and solar radiation data
🚀 Modern Python: Type hints, async support, comprehensive error handling
🎯 User-Friendly: Interactive CLI or programmatic API
📊 Analysis-Ready: CSV output compatible with pandas, Excel, and R
⚡ Performance: Automatic retry logic, connection pooling, rate limiting

Supported ISOs

California (CAISO)

Complete coverage of CAISO OASIS API including LMP (all markets), load forecasts, wind/solar generation, ancillary services, and EIM data.

CAISO Documentation

Midcontinent (MISO)

Full REST API integration for LMP, MCP, load/demand, fuel mix, generation, interchange, and constraints.

MISO Documentation

New York (NYISO)

LBMP pricing, load data, fuel mix, wind generation, BTM solar, bid data, and grid operations.

NYISO Documentation

Southwest Power Pool (SPP)

FTP-based access to LMP, MCP, operating reserves, load/resource forecasts, binding constraints, and market clearing.

SPP Documentation

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

Historical yearly datasets for wind generation, total load, and operating reserves deployed.

BPA Documentation

PJM Interconnection

Data Miner 2 API integration for LMP, load forecasts, renewable generation, ancillary services, and grid data.

PJM Documentation

ISO New England (ISO-NE)

Web Services API for LMP, regulation clearing prices, operating reserves, and system demand.

ISO-NE Documentation

Quick Example

# Interactive Mode (easiest)
python isodart.py

# Command Line (fastest)
python isodart.py --iso caiso --data-type lmp --market dam \
  --start 2024-01-01 --duration 7

# Python API (most flexible)

from datetime import date
from lib.iso.caiso import CAISOClient, Market

client = CAISOClient()
client.get_lmp(Market.DAM, date(2024, 1, 1), date(2024, 1, 7))
client.cleanup()

Reading Recommendations

New Users

Start with Installation Guide
Follow ISO-DART v2.0 Quick Start Guide
Try getting-started/first-download
Explore Interactive Mode Guide

Researchers & Analysts

Review ISO Coverage sections for your region
Study Data Formats Guide
Explore Analysis Examples
Learn weather/overview

Developers & Power Users

Master Python API Guide
Understand developer/architecture
Review API Reference
Build Advanced Tutorials

System Administrators

Follow operations/deployment
Configure operations/monitoring
Optimize operations/performance
Review operations/troubleshooting

Getting Help

Can’t find what you’re looking for?

Search: Use the search box above
Index: Check the Index
FAQ: Browse operations/faq
Issues: Report a bug
Discussions: Ask the community

Contributing

Documentation contributions are welcome!

developer/contributing - How to contribute
developer/docs-style - Documentation style guide
Submit Documentation PR

License & Citation

See reference/license for full terms.

If you use ISO-DART in your research, please cite:

@software{isodart2024,
  title = {ISO-DART: Independent System Operator Data Automated Request Tool},
  author = {Sotorrio, Pedro and Edmunds, Thomas and Musselman, Amelia and Sun, Chih-Che},
  year = {2024},
  version = {2.0.0},
  publisher = {Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory},
  doi = {LLNL-CODE-815334},
  url = {https://github.com/LLNL/ISO-DART}
}

Indices and tables

Last Updated: December 2024 | Version: 2.0.0