Settlement pointERCOTnode:BTE_PUN2
BTE_PUN2
BTE_PUN2 is an ERCOT settlement point in Texas near Baytown Energy Center and Cedar Bayou 4. 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 BTE_PUN2.
- Grid location
- Texas
Map coordinate 29.7748, -94.9028.
- Nearest power plant
- Baytown Energy Center
0.1 miles away · 852 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,890 price intervals · avg $33/MWh · 365 day window
Real-time LMP, day-ahead price, hourly shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Local grid context
Power assets and settlement points nearest this map coordinate.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$25.66$/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
- Location
- 29.775, -94.903
- Node id
- BTE_PUN2
Price statistics
167,890 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$33
Median
$27
99th pct
$131
Max spike
$1,416
Spikes > $1000
8
% negative
1.3%
Average price$33/MWh
$0more expensive than 69% of nodes$39+
Volatility$29/MWh
$0more volatile than 17% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.3%
0.0%more often negative than 0% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
BTE_PUN2 RT LMP25.66$/MWh