Real-Time RTC+B Price Adders

ERCOT's NP6-323-CD report after Real-Time Co-optimization Plus Batteries (RTC+B), one row per SCED execution.

Ancillary Services data ERCOT market

Query with the agent

Native record

ERCOT system x SCED execution

5-minute (SCED) publication cadence

Evidence

Observed market data

Published observations from the named source

Time basis

Point-in-time records

UTC · event_time

Overview

The current columns contain the Real-Time Reliability Deployment Price Adder for energy (RTRDPA), separate reliability-deployment adders for Regulation Up, Regulation Down, RRS, ECRS, and Non-Spin, plus the RUC/RMR, deployed-load, tie, and online-limit quantities describing the interval. RTRDPA is a direct component added to real-time energy LMP. Legacy ORDC columns remain only for older history and are not interchangeable with the current RTC+B fields.

Query contract

Use FINAL to retain one current row per event_time. For RTC+B intervals use rtrdpa and the rtrdpa_* columns; the legacy rtordpa/rtoffpa/rtordrs/rtoffrs columns describe a different pre-change market design and must remain separate.

Analysis rules

Align RTRDPA to the exact SCED timestamp before adding it to an energy LMP or comparing it with a price move.
Do not sum price adders across SCED intervals; report a matched interval, or average/max them with the aggregation named.

Related analysis

the direct reliability-deployment contribution to real-time energy price · exact event_time SCED match
contemporaneous ancillary-service capability context · exact event_time and compatible ancillary-service product

Interpretation

RTRDPA is a direct reliability-deployment component added to energy LMP, but a nonzero value does not identify the resource, instruction, or physical event that triggered the deployment.
RTRRUC and RTRRMR are relaxed lower-dispatch-limit quantities, not total committed capacity. RTDNCLR and RTDERS are deployed Load Resource and ERS quantities added to demand.

Access

Query from your own tools

Use the guarded HTTP endpoint directly, or connect an MCP client and load the dataset contract with describe_data before calling query_data.

ERCOT MCP API reference

HTTP endpoint

POST /api/v1/datasets/ercot_real_time_adders_reserves/query

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Schema29

Column

Type

event_timeDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

rtordpaNullable(Float64)

rtoffpaNullable(Float64)

rtordrsNullable(Float64)

rtoffrsNullable(Float64)

dst_flagNullable(Bool)

emil_idNullable(String)

doc_idNullable(Int64)

ingested_atDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

sced_timestampNullable(String)

repeat_hour_flagNullable(Bool)

system_lambdaNullable(Float64)

rtrdpaNullable(Float64)

rtrdpa_rusNullable(Float64)

rtrdpa_rdsNullable(Float64)

rtrdpa_rrsNullable(Float64)

rtrdpa_ecrsNullable(Float64)

rtrdpa_nssNullable(Float64)

rtrruc_mwNullable(Float64)

rtrrmr_mwNullable(Float64)

rtdnclr_mwNullable(Float64)

rtders_mwNullable(Float64)

rtdctie_import_mwNullable(Float64)

rtdctie_export_mwNullable(Float64)

rtblt_import_mwNullable(Float64)

rtblt_export_mwNullable(Float64)

rtollsl_mwNullable(Float64)

rtolhsl_mwNullable(Float64)

rtdll_mwNullable(Float64)

Sample data

event_time	rtordpa	rtoffpa	rtordrs	rtoffrs	dst_flag	emil_id	doc_id	ingested_at	sced_timestamp	repeat_hour_flag	system_lambda	rtollsl_mw	rtolhsl_mw
2026-10-18 06:05:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T01:05:19	false	43.5451	-542.96	61880.52
2026-10-18 06:00:21.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T01:00:21	false	47.1084	-516.77	61817.59
2026-10-18 06:00:21.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T01:00:21	false	47.1084	-516.77	61817.59
2026-10-18 05:55:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:55:18	false	47.2147	-521.33	61791.36
2026-10-18 05:55:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:55:18	false	47.2147	-521.33	61791.36
2026-10-18 05:50:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:50:18	false	47.2785	-512.16	61723.79
2026-10-18 05:50:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:50:18	false	47.2785	-512.16	61723.79
2026-10-18 05:45:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:45:18	false	47.3706	-129.28	61725.15
2026-10-18 05:45:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:45:18	false	47.3706	-129.28	61725.15
2026-10-18 05:40:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:40:19	false	47.2588	-98.51	61943.26
2026-10-18 05:40:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:40:19	false	47.2588	-98.51	61943.26
2026-10-18 05:35:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:35:18	false	44.982	26.29	61996.56
2026-10-18 05:35:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:35:18	false	44.982	26.29	61996.56
2026-10-18 05:30:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:30:18	false	45.6672	25.48	62129.78
2026-10-18 05:30:18.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:30:18	false	45.6672	25.48	62129.78
2026-10-18 05:25:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:25:19	false	46.7507	23.54	62143.13
2026-10-18 05:25:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:25:19	false	46.7507	23.54	62143.13
2026-10-18 05:20:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:20:19	false	48.3433	46.18	62273.88
2026-10-18 05:20:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:20:19	false	48.3433	46.18	62273.88
2026-10-18 05:15:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:15:19	false	46.4577	237.89	62264.51
2026-10-18 05:15:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:15:19	false	46.4577	237.89	62264.51
2026-10-18 05:10:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:10:19	false	46.8867	5.53	62759.28
2026-10-18 05:10:19.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:10:19	false	46.8867	5.53	62759.28
2026-10-18 05:05:21.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:10:30.352055	2026-10-18T00:05:21	false	48.963	50.34	63025.52
2026-10-18 05:05:21.000000	∅	∅	∅	∅	false	∅	∅	2026-10-18 06:05:30.137446	2026-10-18T00:05:21	false	48.963	50.34	63025.52

Coverage

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