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 manalysis@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 |
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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
2020 data requests
- Hourly Metered Volumes and Pool Price and AIL data 2008 to 2021 [Updated: Feb. 2, 2021]
- LSSi Hourly Volumes for January 2013 to August 2020 [Updated: Sep. 29, 2020]
- Hourly AIL, SMP, Wind Generation and Solar Generation Data for 2016 to 2020 [Updated: March 17, 2021]
- Hourly System Load Data 2019 [Posted: July 13, 2020]
- Planning Area Boundary Data [Posted: June 23, 2020]
- Hourly load by area and region 2011 to 2020 [Updated: June 18, 2020]
- Controllable Wind and Solar Generation Data for 2019 [Posted: June 17, 2020]
- 5 minute and 15 minute average system marginal price 2015-2019 [Posted: May 1, 2020]
- BC & MATL Intertie Flows [Updated: June 5, 2020]
- Historical monthly and hourly oilsands net generation and net load from Jan. 2014 - May 2020 [Updated: June 9, 2020]
- System frequency [Posted: Feb 21, 2020]
- Current Supply/Demand Asset List [Posted: Feb. 13, 2020]
- Fort McMurray Cutplane inflow and outflow data [Posted: Feb. 12, 2020]
2019 data requests
- Hourly Metered Volumes for Five Wind Facilities 2010-2019 [Posted: Nov. 19, 2019]
- Historical Transmission Outages Data [Posted: Oct. 11, 2019]
- Coal Plant Merit Order Data [Posted: Sept. 16, 2019]
- Historical Hourly Aggregated Load (Rate DTS) and Generation (Rate STS) MWh data [Posted: Sept. 11, 2019]
- Hourly Outage by fuel Type [Posted: May 31, 2019]
- Historical 24 Month Supply-Demand Forecast [Posted: May 1, 2019]
- AIL - 5 Minute Data [Posted: April 17, 2019]
- AIL 15 Minute Data [Posted: April 17, 2019]
- Average Hourly Dispatched TMR - Jan 2014 to Mar 2019 [Posted: April 17, 2019]
- Hourly Total and Net-to-Grid Generation - May 2011 to March 2019 [Posted: April 17, 2019]
- 15 minute system load metered volumes [Posted: Feb. 7, 2019]
- Data file for Tariff Workgroup [Posted: Jan. 15, 2019]
2018 data requests
- Aggregated contingency reserve directive quantities [Posted: Aug. 29, 2018]
- Hourly aggregated contingency reserve directive quantities [Posted: Aug.14, 2018]
- 2017 scheduled intertie flows [Posted: May 1, 2018]
- Hourly Metered Volumes by Generating Asset [Posted: Jan. 10, 2018]
- Hourly Metered Volumes by Generation Type [Posted: Jan. 4, 2018]
2017 data requests
- Daily total generation from Keephills and Sundance units [Posted: Oct. 12, 2017]
- Historical gross generation data 2012 to 2016 [Posted: Sept. 14, 2017]
- Historical energy emergency alert (EEA) event data [Posted: Sept. 11, 2017]
- Historical long-term wind power forecast [Posted: Sept. 11, 2017]
- 2016 hourly load data [Posted: April 6, 2017]
- 2016 scheduled intertie flows [Posted: March 16, 2017]
- Historical Fort McMurray import and export cutplane data (2016) [Posted: Jan. 25, 2017]
2016 data requests
- Hourly Metered Volumes by Generation – Q1 2015 to Q3 2016 [Posted: Dec. 7, 2016]
- Historical Fort McMurray import and export cutplane data (2011-2015) [Posted: Oct.13, 2016]
- Wind data request 2011 - 2016[Posted: January 24, 2020]
- Hourly load data for years 2005 to 2015[Posted: August 11, 2016]
- Approved outages reports for years 2010 to 2016[Posted: July 20, 2016]
- Hourly wind metered volumes[Posted: February 22, 2016]
- Update to import and export metered volumes data - Q4 2015[Posted: January 19, 2016]
- Wind data request - Q4 2015[Posted: January 18, 2016]
2015 data requests
10 Minute Data for Total Wind Power and Alberta Internal Load (Q4 2011 - Q12015) [Posted: April 15, 2015]
2015 data requests
- Update to import and export metered volumes data - Q3 2015[Posted: October 16, 2015]
- Wind data request letter Q3 2015[Posted: October 16, 2015]
- FM project interconnection line outages[Posted: September 17, 2015]
- Daily and monthly outage report data[Posted: September 8, 2015]
- Update to import and export metered volumes data[Posted: July 27, 2015]
- Wind data request - Q2 2015[Posted: July 10, 2015]
- Contingency reserve directive data - Jan 1, 2013 to April 30, 2015[Posted: June 1, 2015]
- Update to import and export metered volumes data[Posted: April 15, 2015]
- Wind data request - Q1 2015[Posted: April 13, 2015]
- Import and export data letter - Q2-Q4 2014[Posted: February 9, 2015]
