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Southwest Power Pool market data — LMPs, generation mix, wind/solar forecasts.

What is SPP?

SPP public data integration for querying Southwest Power Pool real-time and day-ahead LMPs, generation mix by fuel type, load forecasts, wind/solar forecasts, and actual load data. No API key required — public portal data auto-parsed to JSON. Covers 14 US states.

Available Tools

getRealtimeLmps
Get real-time 5-minute LMPs by settlement location
getDayAheadLmps
Get day-ahead hourly LMPs
getGenerationMix
Get generation mix by fuel type
getLoadForecast
Get load forecasts (JSON)
getActualLoad
Get actual vs forecasted load
getWindForecast
Get wind generation forecast
getSolarForecast
Get solar generation forecast
querySpp
Query any SPP portal endpoint

Requirements

No authentication required
Public API connector with no credential setup.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Review the connector card and copy your MCP URL.

Add the endpoint to Claude, ChatGPT, or your MCP client.

Call the SPP MCP tool with method=getRealtimeLmps or method=getGenerationMix.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect SPP to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect SPP to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting SPP to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"SPP-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}