GridPrice is in beta — coming to Google Play and the App Store — join for early access

Electricity in
Chicago
is … right now.

Power prices change every five minutes. GridPrice shows you the live price, when it'll be cheapest, and what a load of laundry actually costs — so you run the big stuff when electricity is cheap.

See live prices What the app does

Coming to Google Play and the App Store — join the beta for early access

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GridPrice

Real ComEd prices, fetched live from this page — the same data the app and widget use.

The grid, right now

Every lit state is live — wholesale supply prices, colored by level. Your retail rate depends on your plan.

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Know the price. Time the power.

On hourly pricing, the same dryer load can cost 3× more at dinnertime than at dawn. GridPrice makes the difference visible.

History & trends

24 hours · 7 days · 30 days · any custom range

Home-screen widget

Updates every 5 minutes, around the clock

Price alerts

Custom notification targets — a cheap floor and a spike ceiling

Cost estimator

What an EV charge or dryer load costs right now vs. tonight

Cheapest hours

The best 3-hour window to run the big stuff

41 states covered

Pick your utility once — every screen and widget follows it

Coverage

Built on public price feeds. Illinois has true residential hourly-pricing programs; everywhere else shows the live wholesale index for your region — the price that dynamic retail plans track.

Illinois

Residential hourly-pricing programs
  • Northern Illinois (ComEd — Hourly Pricing)
  • Central & southern Illinois (Ameren — Power Smart Pricing)

Texas

ERCOT wholesale, 15-minute
  • Houston (CenterPoint)
  • Dallas–Ft. Worth (Oncor)
  • Austin (Austin Energy) · San Antonio (CPS Energy)
  • South & West Texas (AEP)

New York

NYISO wholesale, 5-minute
  • New York City (Con Edison)
  • Long Island (PSEG LI)
  • Hudson Valley (Central Hudson) · Capital (National Grid)
  • Syracuse (National Grid) · Buffalo (NYSEG · National Grid)

Plains states

SPP wholesale, 5-minute
  • Oklahoma · Kansas (SPP South Hub)
  • Nebraska · Dakotas (SPP North Hub)

Mid-Atlantic & Ohio Valley

PJM wholesale, 5-minute
  • Philadelphia (PECO) · Central PA (PPL)
  • North Jersey (PSE&G) · Delaware (Delmarva)
  • Baltimore (BGE) · Washington, D.C. (Pepco)
  • Columbus (AEP Ohio) · Cleveland (FirstEnergy)
  • Virginia (Dominion) · West Virginia (Mon Power)

California

CAISO wholesale, 5-minute
  • Northern California (PG&E)
  • Southern California (SCE/SDG&E)

New England

ISO-NE wholesale, 5-minute
  • Massachusetts (Eversource)
  • Connecticut (Eversource/UI)
  • Rhode Island (RI Energy) · New Hampshire (Eversource)
  • Vermont (GMP) · Maine (CMP/Versant)

The West

Western EIM, 5-minute
  • Oregon (PGE · Pacific Power)
  • Washington (Puget Sound Energy)
  • Nevada (NV Energy) · Arizona (APS)
  • Idaho (Idaho Power) · Montana (NorthWestern)
  • Utah · Wyoming (Rocky Mountain Power)
  • New Mexico (PNM)

Upper Midwest & Gulf

MISO wholesale, 5-minute
  • Minnesota (Minn Hub) · Michigan (Michigan Hub)
  • Wisconsin · Iowa (regional hubs)
  • Indiana (Indiana Hub) · Missouri (Illinois Hub)
  • Arkansas · Louisiana · Mississippi (state hubs)

Join the beta

GridPrice is in testing before its Google Play launch, with the App Store next. Leave your email and pick your phone — Android testers get a Play Store invite now (use your Google account email); iPhone folks get first word when the App Store beta opens.

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Contact

GridPrice is built by James Patton. Questions, feedback, or want your utility added?

jamesclaypatton.com