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Python client libraries for ISO and other power grid data sources.
http://pyiso.readthedocs.org/
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Where did get_lmp go? #189

Closed Kladar closed 6 years ago

Kladar commented 6 years ago

Why was get_lmp removed and did this functionality move elsewhere?

ebraswell commented 6 years ago

As noted in the PyISO code, we have a statement here: http://watttime.org/lmp/

bendichter commented 6 years ago

I read the statement, and I understand your reasons for making the change. In fact, I did not know that optimizing for LMP could be harmful, so you taught me something there. However, it's hard to make a case to real companies to change the way they use energy without a cost/savings estimate, and it's hard to get that estimate without LMP data. I was really excited to find this package, and I've been using it successfully for months. It's a shame I won't be able to follow active development anymore for my use-case.

claytonpbarrows commented 6 years ago

I'm in agreement with @bendichter. I understand the shortcomings of the LMP metric. However, it's unfortunate that he watttime team fails to recognize the usefulness of the pyiso package as LMP remains a useful metric for a variety of analysis.

ebraswell commented 6 years ago

While we understand that some people found PyISO useful beyond it's intended functionality, we are a non-profit with a specific mission - to reduce the environmental impact of electricity production. LMP data not only doesn't serve that mission, but can be used in ways that run counter to it. At the end of the day we are not a data provider and LMP data is easily and readily found elsewhere.

bendichter commented 6 years ago

Is there a library you would recommend? If you google "lmp power data python" this library is 4 out of the 5 top results. @claytonpbarrows have you found an alternative tool?

claytonpbarrows commented 6 years ago

I have not found an alternative tool. I have a fork of an older version of this repo at github.com/claytonpbarrows/PyISO that still has working get_lmp() methods (tested 'CAISO' today). I'd be interested in paths forward/alternative that include maintaining the get_lmp() methods.

vitormhenrique commented 4 years ago

Hello, I Just found this library, and saw that LMP was removed, unfortunately the link with some explanation and text was also removed.....

Is there a copy of some documentation that I could read regarding this?

http://watttime.org/lmp/ is offline