SPP Grid Data API — Demand, Fuel Mix & Prices

Live now: SPP system demand and the full generation fuel mix are available over the API today. Locational prices (LMP) are rolling out — create a free key and they switch on for you the moment they land, no migration.

01 / Quickstart

bash — two requests to live data

# 1 — get a free API key
$ curl -X POST https://vatio.dev/v1/auth/signup \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"email":"[email protected]","password":"·····"}'

# 2 — pull SPP's live generation fuel mix — same shape across every grid
$ curl https://vatio.dev/v1/spp/generation/realtime \
    -H "X-API-Key: vt_live_…"

SPP over one API

Southwest Power Pool runs real-time balancing market across the central US, from Oklahoma up to the Dakotas and is one of the highest wind-penetration grids in the world, with demand around 50,000 MW at peak. It settles across numerous settlement locations and hubs.

What you can pull

Demand — system demand (load) in MW. Live.
Generation fuel mix — MW by source (gas, nuclear, coal, hydro, wind, solar). Live.
Prices (LMP) — locational marginal prices (LMP) in $/MWh. Rolling out.

Availability

Demand and the full fuel mix are live across every US grid today; locational prices for SPP are rolling out. Create a free key now — same endpoints, same JSON, just a different path segment. See the live CAISO price API for the exact shape.

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Start in two requests

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