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GridHub Live Electricity Market Brief
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GridHub Live Electricity Market Brief is a paid API for AI agents from api.grid-hub.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).
Returns a concise, interpretation-ready snapshot of current wholesale electricity price, demand, and generation mix for a specified grid zone, with a percentile ranking for context.
Price / call$0.02
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Live wholesale electricity prices and demand across 25 grids in the US, UK, Australia, and Europe, in one JSON schema. Free API key or pay-per-call from $0.001.
Output
A JSON object containing the zone identifier, current wholesale price with unit and percentile ranking, demand status, and a short natural-language summary sentence (e.g. 'Price is high (82nd percentile); demand is normal.') — designed to be directly readable by a human or agent without further processing.
Example use cases
Smart home load-shifting automation
“Check the current electricity price in CAISO — if it's below the 30th percentile, go ahead and start the EV charger and dishwasher.”
Energy cost dashboard for operators
“Pull the live wholesale electricity price and demand level for PJM and tell me where we stand percentile-wise so I can update the dashboard.”
Sustainability reporting context
“What's the current electricity price and grid conditions in Germany right now? I need it for a quick sustainability briefing.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.grid-hub.app/v1/brief/%7Bzone%7D?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, human-readable snapshot of current electricity market conditions for a specific grid zone — especially when you want the price in context (percentile ranking + plain-language summary) rather than raw numbers. Prefer this over the full snapshot endpoint when brevity matters, and over the historical endpoint when only real-time conditions are needed. Ideal for decision-making triggers (e.g. load shifting, cost alerts) and dashboard summaries.
Side effects
- Invalid zone identifier returns a 400/422 error — only the 25 supported zone enum values are accepted
- Upstream grid data unavailability may return a 503 or stale/null values for some metrics
- Payment not included or insufficient (x402 protocol) results in a 402 Payment Required response
- Rate limiting or quota exhaustion may return a 429 error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"zone": "GB",
"as_of": 1790496611,
"context": {
"price": {
"max": 246.58,
"min": -23.28,
"unit": "GBP/MWh",
"median": 146.23,
"percentile": 43,
"sample_count": 1424,
"vs_median_pct": -2.9,
"window_days_actual": 29.6
}
},
"current": {
"price": {
"ts": 1790467200,
"unit": "GBP/MWh",
"value": 141.97
},
"demand": {
"ts": 1790494200,
"unit": "MW",
"value": 20878
}
},
"license": "NESO-Open-Licence",
"summary": "For Great Britain, price is typical (43rd percentile over the last 29.6 days); carbon intensity is typical (34th percentile); demand is typical; wind is the largest generation source at 54.3% of the mix.",
"zone_name": "Great Britain",
"attribution": "Supported by National Energy SO Open Data",
"coverage_note": "Context blocks are omitted for metrics this zone doesn't publish or where fewer than 20 samples exist. window_days_actual reflects the real data span, which varies by zone and metric. \"current\" is the most recent point at or before reque...",
"context_window_requested_days": 30
}
}Tags
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