Current Status

Change Summary

Effective Date

Description

Template

Sample

WW_FTRMTH – Monthly FTR Auction Bids – Rev 1

WW_FTRMTH_ISO_date_version.CSV
Date: mm/dd/yyyy and Version: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT
Availability: Monthly

Description

Auction bid data received by the ISO from participants for the Monthly FTR Auction. Published with the FERC-ordered time lag, and with market participant identity. Masked identifier numbers are consistent with pre-SMD and post-SMD identifiers. The reports are generated monthly; one report for each monthly auction.

Delivery Method

WWW (ISO-NE website)

Filename

WW_FTRMTH_ISO_settlement_version.CSV
settlement is the date of the first day of the month for which the data applies, formatted as YYYYMMDD,
version is the date/time when the report was generated, formatted as YYYYMMDDHHMSS
Note: The comments will detail the 'from' and 'to' dates for which the bids apply.

Format

Comma Delimited (CSV)

Size

Up to 50,000 records per auction

Lifetime

N/A

Type

Description

String

The first position on every record is occupied by the character 'C', 'H', 'D', or 'T' which describes what is contained on that record (row.)
C = Comment – provides description such as report name and vintage.
H = Heading – denotes column headings.
D = Data – denotes data contained on the record.
T = Terminate – denotes the end of the file. The total number of 'D' lines contained in the file is also noted on this record.

1

Source Location ID

Number

The location identification number of the bid's source.

2

Source Location Name

String

The location name of the bid's source.

3

Source Location Type

String

The location type of the bid's source. One of 'HUB', 'LOAD ZONE', or 'NETWORK NODE.'

4

Sink Location ID

Number

The location identification number of the bid's sink.

5

Sink Location Name

String

The location name of the bid's sink.

6

Sink Location Type

String

The location type of the bid's sink. One of 'HUB', 'LOAD ZONE', or 'NETWORK NODE.'

7

Buy / Sell

String

'BUY' bid or 'SELL' offer.

8

Class Type

String

Whether the bid is for the 'OFFPEAK' or 'ONPEAK' auction.

9

Bid MW

MW

The MW quantity of the bid.

10

Bid Price

$/MW

The bid price in $/MW

11

Bid Status

String

Whether the bid was 'CLEARED' or 'DENIED.'

12

Masked Customer ID

Number

Participant, masked by a unique, consistent identifier.