Column Descriptions

• VIRTUAL_START_DATE - The corresponding start date to which the values correspond
• VIRTUAL_END_DATE - The corresponding end date to which the values correspond
• SETTLEMENT_LOCATION - Settlement location name from the commercial model to which the values correspond
• VIRTUAL_BID_REFERENCE_PRICE - Average bid price for the corresponding settlement location for the previous year, in the same quarter.  Unless this is a proxy price calculation, which is then calculated by using a system average LMP for every hour and determining the reference price based on that average amount.
• VIRTUAL_OFFER_REFERENCE_PRICE - Average offer price for the corresponding settlement location for the previous year, in the same quarter.  Unless this is a proxy price calculation, which is then calculated by using a system average LMP for every hour and determining the reference price based on that average amount.
• PROXY_PRICE_IND - Determines calculation method for the reference prices.
• If Y, the proxy price calculation is used.
• If N, the average offer price calculation is used.

File Name / Format

• VIRUTAL_REF_PRICES-<Month>-<Day>-<Year>_<Month>-<Day>-<Year>_<Quarter>.csv

Frequency

Quarterly

File Layout

.CSV