Best Free Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) Software of 2026

Ask The Grid serves as an intelligence and analytics platform for power markets, assisting energy professionals in analyzing various conditions across electricity markets in the United States. This innovative platform integrates both real-time and historical data, including nodal and zonal pricing, energy generation, battery storage metrics, transmission network details, outages, weather events, operational happenings, interactive mapping tools, synchronized timelines, and alerts, all powered by a source-aware analytical agent. Users can interact with the platform by posing questions in natural language, enabling the system to perform queries and calculations on the underlying data while allowing them to examine supporting evidence and visualize results on relevant assets, nodes, lines, zones, charts, or market intervals. Additionally, Ask The Grid facilitates research, market oversight, asset evaluation, congestion analysis, operational inquiries, and the reconstruction of historical events across key markets such as ERCOT, PJM, CAISO, and NYISO. Developed by Parisi Labs, Ask The Grid is designed to empower energy professionals with the insights they need to navigate complex market conditions effectively. With its user-friendly interface and extensive analytical capabilities, it aims to enhance decision-making processes within the energy sector.