AESO pool price
Daily Alberta electricity pool-price observations in dollars per megawatt-hour.
Current feed
$46.00
Jul 16, 2026
44 archived observations · Jan 25, 2026–Mar 9, 2026Current feed shown separately · missing dates are not interpolated.
Energy
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Current grid conditions, market prices, and a clearly dated archive of Alberta's key energy signals.
Live Energy FeedUpdated 11m ago
high
grid status
98%
capacity used
11,943 MW
demand
12,154 MW
supply
Pool price
46.00/MWh
30-day avg 23.25/MWh
WTI crude
$81.78
latest history $88.31
Natural gas
$2.91
latest history $3.05
Net interchange
211 MW
positive means net imports
Price history
See the signal, not just the latest number.
Daily observations from Alberta.io's stored market archive. Current feed values are shown separately from the historical series, so the charts do not imply data we do not have.
WTI crude
Daily West Texas Intermediate benchmark observations in US dollars per barrel.
Current feed
$81.78
Jul 19, 2026
288 archived observations · Feb 3, 2025–Mar 9, 2026Current feed shown separately · missing dates are not interpolated.
Natural gas
Daily natural-gas benchmark observations in US dollars per MMBtu.
Current feed
$2.91
Jul 19, 2026
289 archived observations · Feb 3, 2025–Mar 10, 2026Current feed shown separately · missing dates are not interpolated.
Generation Mix
Current output by source against available capacity.
Cogeneration4,074 / 6,122 MW
67%
Combined cycle gas2,901 / 3,974 MW
73%
Wind2,561 / 5,684 MW
45%
Solar1,161 / 1,870 MW
62%
Gas-fired steam712 / 3,078 MW
23%
Hydro369 / 896 MW
41%
Other254 / 485 MW
52%
Simple cycle gas122 / 1,014 MW
12%
Storage0 / 270 MW
0%
Market Context
Recent values from hourly and daily feeds.
AESO pool price
07/17/2026
$54.53
Renewable share
wind, solar, hydro, and storage where available
34%
CAD/USD
0.13% change
0.7133
Unemployment
Jul 2026
6.5%