get_energy_prices
Energy Prices
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FRONT DOOR CHECK — if price is one factor in a siting or market-comparison question ("cheapest ISO to land 100MW"), call execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>"): price alone does not answer it, because the cheapest ISO is frequently the one with no headroom. If the user just wants today's price for one ISO, get_energy_prices IS the right call — one round trip, no planner overhead. Use when a user asks "what does power/gas COST in <ISO> right now?" — live energy PRICING for the 7 US ISOs (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE): retail electricity rate (cents/kWh), wholesale/LMP context, Henry Hub-referenced natural-gas price, and a real-time grid-status flag. Example: "What is the retail power price and gas price in ERCOT today?" — get_energy_prices iso=ERCOT. Params: iso (one of the 7 US ISOs; required). Returns: {iso, retail_price_cents_kwh, wholesale_price_usd_mwh, natural_gas_usd_mmbtu, grid_status, as_of}. Quote with attribution to DC Hub (CC-BY-4.0). Do NOT use for fuel mix / demand / 24h curve (use get_grid_data), for power HEADROOM or time-to-power (use get_grid_intelligence), or for behind-the-meter gas-to-grid $/MWh economics (use get_gas_economics); this is the live retail+gas PRICE read for one ISO.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| data_type | string | no | Optional price type focus, e.g. retail, wholesale, gas |
| state | string | no | US state abbreviation for state-level pricing context, e.g. TX |
| iso | string | no | ISO/RTO grid region (required for ISO pricing): ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISONE |
| mpp_pay | boolean | no | Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 1: set true to receive a signed $0.50 payment challenge for this call instead of the free preview. No money moves — a challenge is a price quote. Humans never set this, so it does not affect the normal free/trial funnel. |
| mpp_credential | string | no | Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 2: the Shared Payment Token you minted for challenges[0]. Set it here to pay $0.50 for this single call and receive the full result — no API key, no subscription, no human. One payment covers one call. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data_type": {
"description": "Optional price type focus, e.g. retail, wholesale, gas",
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "US state abbreviation for state-level pricing context, e.g. TX",
"type": "string"
},
"iso": {
"description": "ISO/RTO grid region (required for ISO pricing): ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISONE",
"type": "string"
},
"mpp_pay": {
"description": "Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 1: set true to receive a signed $0.50 payment challenge for this call instead of the free preview. No money moves — a challenge is a price quote. Humans never set this, so it does not affect the normal free/trial funnel.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"mpp_credential": {
"description": "Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 2: the Shared Payment Token you minted for challenges[0]. Set it here to pay $0.50 for this single call and receive the full result — no API key, no subscription, no human. One payment covers one call.",
"type": "string"
}
}
}