Voltensor: Texas (ERCOT) live record, columns explained

voltensor-tx-live-daily.csv: one row per operating day and trading hub, official plans only (fixed and fingerprinted before
midnight Central Time at the start of the day; the fingerprint is stored off the planning machine). Every scored day is included.
  operating_day                         ERCOT operating day (Central Time)
  hub                                   ERCOT trading hub: HB_BUSAVG, HB_HOUSTON, HB_NORTH, HB_SOUTH, HB_WEST
  perfect_foresight_usd_per_mw          the best plan, known only in hindsight (the ceiling)
  dam_plan_usd_per_mw                   plan chosen from the day-ahead market price (the free benchmark)
  last_week_average_plan_usd_per_mw     plan chosen from last week's average real-time price at each 15 minutes (a simple forecast)
  voltensor_plan_usd_per_mw             plan chosen from Voltensor's blend: the day-ahead price plus half the model's predicted gap
  voltensor_minus_dam_usd_per_mw        voltensor_plan minus dam_plan
  typical_error_*_usd_per_mwh           average absolute difference between that forecast and the actual 15-minute real-time price,
                                        both limited to -100..1500 US$/MWh, 96 intervals; dam = day-ahead price, simple = last week's average
  plan_fingerprint_16                   the first 16 characters of the plan record's sha256

Battery: 1 MW / 2 MWh, 85% round trip, one 2-hour charge block then one 2-hour discharge block per day, paid real-time prices.
Gross energy arbitrage only, not expected revenue: no ancillary services, wear, fees or price impact.
Source data: ERCOT public reports through the ERCOT Public API. Information, not financial advice.