Settlement pointERCOT · West zonenode:BAIRDWND_ALL
BAIRDWND_ALL
BAIRDWND_ALL is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's West zone near Mesquite Wind Power LLC and Post Oak Wind LLC. It records locational marginal prices at this point on the grid; Ask the Grid tracks its five-minute real-time prices, day-ahead prices, historical price shape, and 24-hour Metiscast forecast.
Asset facts
Market identity, price telemetry, and nearby grid context.
- Settlement point
- Settlement point
ERCOT market identifier BAIRDWND_ALL.
- Grid location
- West zone
Map coordinate 32.4460, -99.4471.
- Nearest power plant
- Mesquite Wind Power LLC
13 miles away · 200 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,667 price intervals · avg $27/MWh · 365 day window
Real-time LMP, day-ahead price, hourly shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Local grid context
Assets and settlement points nearest this location in ERCOT's West zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$23.21$/MWh
Jul 21, 5:00 PM UTC
ERCOT day-ahead prices are market settlements, not model predictions. Error statistics compare completed delivery hours with hourly real-time LMP averages.
Settlement pointmoderate volatility
- Zone
- West
- Location
- 32.446, -99.447
- Node id
- BAIRDWND_ALL
Price statistics
167,667 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$27
Median
$23
99th pct
$145
Max spike
$1,486
Spikes > $1000
43
% negative
11.1%
Average price$27/MWh
$0more expensive than 11% of nodes$39+
Volatility$40/MWh
$0more volatile than 51% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours11.1%
0.0%more often negative than 84% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
BAIRDWND_ALL RT LMP23.21$/MWh