Current Status

Change Summary

Effective Date

Description

Template

Sample

WW_SUPPLYICAP - ICAP Supply Auction Bids and Offers - Rev 1

WW_SUPPLYICAPBID_ISO_date_version.CSV
Date: mm/dd/yyyy and Version: yyyy/mm/dd
Availability: Monthly, by ICAP Supply Auction
NOTE: This market terminated with the November 2006 auction.

Description

ICAP Supply Auction bids and offers as received by the ISO from participants for the Monthly ICAP Supply Auction. Published with the FERC-ordered time lag with market participant identity masked. Masked identifier numbers are consistent with pre-SMD and post-SMD identifiers. The report is generated monthly - one report for each auction.

Delivery Method

WWW (ISO-NE website)

Filename

WW_SUPPLYICAPBID_ISO_auction_version.CSV
  auction is the date and hour of the first day of the ICAP Supply auction month for which the data applies, formatted as 'YYYYMM0100'.
  version is the date on which the ISO generated the file, formatted as 'YYYYMMDDHHMMSS'.
Note: ICAP bids and offers are published as received by the ISO and as used in Supply Auction clearing.

Format

Comma Delimited (CSV)

Size

Up to 2,500 bids and offers per auction

Lifetime

N/A

Column Name

Type

Description

N/A

String

The first position on every record is occupied by one of the following characters: 'C', 'H', 'D', or 'T' that describes the contents of that record (row.)
C = Comment - provides description such as report name and vintage.
Note: Files before June 2004 may have a blank line after the Comment line.
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. (Data files for auctions before June 2004 do NOT have this record.)

1

Masked Participant ID

Number

Participant, masked by a unique, consistent identifier

2

Bid Type

String

'BUY' for bid to buy, 'SELL' for offer to sell.

2

Price

Number

The bid or offer price ($/MW-month) associated with the price-quantity pair.

3

Quantity

Number

The bid or offered quantity (MW-month) associated with the price-quantity pair.