Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:BIRD_ESR1
BIRD_ESR1
BIRD_ESR1 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Karankawa Wind LLC and El Algodon Alto Wind Farm, 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 BIRD_ESR1.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 28.1595, -97.8627.
- Nearest power plant
- Karankawa Wind LLC
2.8 miles away · 307.1 MW · wind
- Price record
- 58,215 price intervals · avg $28/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 Southern zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$26.08$/MWh
Jul 21, 7:00 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 pointlow volatility
- Zone
- Southern
- Location
- 28.159, -97.863
- Node id
- BIRD_ESR1
Price statistics
58,215 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$28
Median
$25
99th pct
$83
Max spike
$1,007
Spikes > $1000
1
% negative
1.2%
Average price$28/MWh
$0more expensive than 14% of nodes$39+
Volatility$24/MWh
$0more volatile than 0% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.2%
0.0%more often negative than 0% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
BIRD_ESR1 RT LMP26.08$/MWh