Calpine Pasadena Cogeneration ("CALPINE COGEN"/"Pasadena Power Plant I"), 955 Phillips Co. Road, Pasadena, TX

Calpine Pasadena Cogeneration ("CALPINE COGEN"/"Pasadena Power Plant I"), 955 Phillips Co. Road, Pasadena, TX is the ERCOT market pricing point associated with Pasadena Cogeneration, a 815 MW natural gas facility in Harris County. It is a pricing location, not the physical plant itself; its locational marginal price represents the marginal value of electricity at this point on the grid.

Current real-time LMP: $62.36/MWh; Latest · Oct 26, 1:00 PM CDT
Typical price: $39/MWh average; $32/MWh median · trailing 365 days
Grid location: Coast zone; Market pricing location
Mapped facility: Pasadena Cogeneration; 815 MW natural gas · ERCOT crosswalk

Calpine Pasadena Cogeneration ("CALPINE COGEN"/"Pasadena Power Plant I"), 955 Phillips Co. Road, Pasadena, TX · ERCOT · Ask the Grid

Asset facts

Market identity, price telemetry, and nearby grid context.

Settlement point: Settlement point
ERCOT settlement point CAL_PUN2.
Grid location: Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.7207, -95.1758.
Mapped power plant: Pasadena Cogeneration
ERCOT resource crosswalk · 815 MW · natural gas
Price record: 524,970 price intervals · avg $39/MWh · 365 day window
Real-time LMP, day-ahead price, hourly shape, and fleet-relative statistics.

Why this location matters

The trailing median price is $32/MWh and the mean is $39/MWh, but the tail is much sharper: 8 five-minute intervals exceeded $1,000/MWh over the last 365 days, and 0.6% of intervals settled below zero.

ERCOT’s resource crosswalk ties this pricing point to Pasadena Cogeneration, a 815 MW natural gas facility. That relationship identifies the plant’s associated market location; the settlement point is still a price record, not the physical plant itself.

Physical and grid context

Assets and settlement points nearest this location in ERCOT's Coast zone.

Mapped power plants

Pasadena Cogeneration815 MW · natural gas · Harris County · medium confidence in the ERCOT resource-to-plant match0.3 mi

Plant relationships use the ERCOT resource crosswalk. Geographic proximity is listed separately below.

Nearby power plants

Rentech Nitrogen Pasadena Cogeneration15.4 MW · other · Harris County1.7 mi Deer Park Energy Center1,176 MW · natural gas · Harris County2.5 mi

Price behavior

Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.

Latest real-time LMP

$62.36$/MWh

Oct 26, 1:00 PM CDT

ERCOT day-ahead prices are market settlements, not model predictions. Day-ahead spread statistics compare completed delivery hours with hourly real-time LMP averages.

Settlement pointlow volatility

Zone: Coast
Location: 29.721, -95.176
Settlement point: CAL_PUN2

Price statistics

524,970 intervals

Avg $/MWh

$39

Median

$32

99th pct

$157

Max spike

$1,459

Spikes > $1000

% negative

0.6%

Average price$39/MWh

$0$42+

Average price ranks at the 86th percentile among 1,089 market nodes.

Volatility$31/MWh

$0$101+

Volatility ranks at the 21st percentile among 1,089 market nodes.

Negative-price hours0.6%

0.0%9.5%+

Negative-price hours ranks at the 1st percentile among 1,089 market nodes.

Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days

0:006:0012:0018:0024:00

Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days

Data and methodology

Source: ERCOT real-time and day-ahead LMP settlements and the ERCOT resource crosswalk. Price statistics use the trailing 365 days; hourly shape uses 90 days; recent history uses 14 days. Market timestamps are shown in ERCOT local time.