Data requests

The AESO provides real-time and historical data on the wholesale electricity price, supply and demand, transmission and generation outages, ancillary services and operating reserves and other resources for market participants. Click here to access current and historical market data and reports.

Market participants and other stakeholders can request access to certain data not currently posted online or posted in a different format.

To make a request, please download and submit the data request form to info@aeso.ca.

Note some data requests may not be processed due to commercially sensitive reasons (as detailed in ISO rule 103.1). The AESO will contact you if this is the case and provide an opportunity to amend your data request accordingly.

One of the AESO’s duties is to make data available to market participants in a manner consistent with the fair, efficient and openly competitive (“FEOC”) operation of the market. This includes the provision of data that is timely, accurate, disseminated fairly, appropriately comprehensive and equally accessible by all market participants. As a result, certain data requests may be published on this page should they be deemed of commercial value and not of a confidential nature (see past data requests below).

Turnaround time is generally 10-15 business days (from approval). A charge of $100/hour applies to all data requests and final estimates would depend on the complexity of the request. The following table provides approximate cost estimates on frequently-requested data.

Data Request	Time Interval	Time Period	Turnaround Time Estimate	Approximate Cost Estimate
Pool Price	H	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$400
Load (Alberta Internal Load or System Demand)	H	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$400
Metered volumes by fuel type	H	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$300
Generation additions and retirements by fuel type	A	10-15 year historical	10-15 business days	$300
Capacity factor by fuel type	H	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$300
Outages	H	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$300
Operating reserve	H	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$300
Contingency reserve directives	H	1 year historical	10-15 business days	$300
Regional cutplane transfers	H	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$600
Alberta-wide or regional transmission outages	A	1-5 year historical	10-15 business days	$600
Levels of time intervals are categorized as follows: H: hourly; D: daily; M: monthly; A: annually; intervals can always be aggregated into higher intervals by request

The AESO is a public body subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act). Under this legislation, individuals have a right to request access to records in the custody or under the control of the AESO, regardless of any efforts to obtain the information under the Data Request process. Although we cannot confirm whether access would be provided to the requested information under a FOIP Act request, this option does exist. If you choose to submit a formal access to information request under the FOIP Act, it must be made in writing and accompanied by any applicable fee (click here for more information).

Past data requests

In response to a data request, the AESO is providing the historical daily CSV files of the 24 month Supply/Demand Forecast process. The files are from March 17, 2017 through May 1, 2019. At this time, there are no plans to provide further updates to this information.

Historical 24 Month Supply-Demand Forecast [Posted: May 1, 2019]