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TruthBear Grid-Region Gauge
x402
TruthBear Grid-Region Gauge is a paid API for AI agents from api.truthbear.co, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns a 3-leg sequential chain analysis of power-grid stress for a specified grid region, covering demand pressure (HDD/CDD), renewable availability (solar/wind), and realized energy inflation (CPI + gas price confirmation), with a confidence score based on how many legs are data-lit.
Price / call$0.25
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
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Output
A structured JSON response containing the 3-leg sequential chain: (1) demand pressure derived from heating and cooling degree days, (2) current renewable availability including solar and wind figures, (3) realized energy inflation as CPI energy year-over-year and gas price as a confirmation gate. Also returns a confidence indicator reflecting how many of the three legs have live data. Returns 422 no_charge if no data is available (not billed). Descriptive only — no forecast or investment advice.
Example use cases
ERCOT grid stress check before trading
“Check the TruthBear grid gauge for us-ercot and tell me if there's heating or cooling demand pressure, how much solar and wind is available, and what the energy CPI and gas price confirmation looks like — I want to know how stressed the Texas grid is right now.”
California renewable availability snapshot
“Run the grid-region gauge for us-caiso and tell me the current renewable availability — solar and wind — along with the demand pressure and energy inflation reading, and let me know how many of the three legs have real data behind them.”
EU Germany grid energy inflation review
“Get me the TruthBear gauge reading for eu-germany — I need the heating and cooling degree day pressure, the renewable supply picture, and the realized energy CPI year-over-year with gas price confirmation, and show me the confidence score.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.truthbear.co/gauge/grid-regionWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a multi-factor, sequential chain assessment of a specific power grid region that combines weather-derived demand signals, real-time renewable availability, and realized macroeconomic energy inflation data in one call. Prefer this over single-signal energy APIs when you need corroborating confirmation across demand, supply, and inflation legs with an explicit confidence score. Best suited for energy market research, grid risk monitoring, or ESG/sustainability analysis by region. Not appropriate when you need raw forecast data, trading signals, or financial advice.
Side effects
- 422 no_charge: no data available for requested grid region or legs — call is not billed
- Invalid loc parameter: unrecognized or unsupported grid region ID
- Missing required loc query parameter returns validation error
- Upstream data source (EIA, BLS, Open-Meteo) unavailability may reduce confidence score or trigger 422
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| input | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"legs": {
"demand": {
"band": "high",
"source_ref": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs (temperature -> HDD/CDD base 18 degC)",
"record_hash": "sha256:79a8543f6b4562e0e8111abb50fff64a00c167630bd277b717cf56f446f5011a"
},
"gas_price": {
"band": "low",
"source_ref": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DHHNGSP",
"record_hash": "sha256:de4087d873ff105bde0abac04dbc552bc715bcdb42a1c3c82a2eea8d08031727"
},
"renewable": {
"band": "extreme",
"source_ref": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs (shortwave_radiation+wind_speed -> CF proxy)",
"record_hash": "sha256:b740795bd6c729dc1451da0169fb59f638ed98e0c35fecc7c8df7aa1e095df72"
},
"energy_inflation": {
"band": "extreme",
"source_ref": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIENGSL",
"record_hash": "sha256:e7eecf1126e1e2b5f5f8dcbb629e1c45051edbd371c4d6e6eada3d9eabdef29d"
}
},
"name": "US - ERCOT (Texas)",
"grade": "screening-level, not decision-grade",
"scope": {
"full": "https://api.truthbear.co/scope/v1",
"verifiability": "unknown",
"monitoring_not_forecast": true,
"intelligence_not_command": true
},
"nature": "This API supplies data organisation and trend description only. It is not a recommendation to act; the decision is yours. Purely descriptive - no judgement, no prediction. Official source plus record_hash; verify with the free /gauge/verify.",
"location": "us-ercot",
"provenance": {
"freshness": "stale",
"dead_source": true,
"age_hours_now": 2079,
"freshness_basis": "cadence=default; fresh<=24h; recent<=192h; dead_source>1440h; age_basis=request-time(now minus observed_at)"
}
}
}Tags
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