pybctc is a Python package that makes access to British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) electric data easier. The British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) <http://www.bctc.com> is a crown corporation with a mandate to plan, build, and operate the province of British Columbia's electricity transmission system. It publishes valuable information on electricity generation, transmission, and consumption to its Website. This information is useful for many purposes including economic analysis, power trading, electric system study, and forecasting. The first step in using such information is to download it and parse it into useful data structures (a task performed by this library). The processed data normally will feed statistical methods, heuristics, and system models to provide a useful analysis of the British Columbia electric system.
