Settlement pointERCOT · West zonenode:BUFF_GAP_ALL
BUFF_GAP_ALL
BUFF_GAP_ALL is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's West zone near Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm and Buffalo Gap Wind Farm. 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 BUFF_GAP_ALL.
- Grid location
- West zone
Map coordinate 32.2998, -100.1156.
- Nearest power plant
- Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm
1.2 miles away · 170.2 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,665 price intervals · avg $29/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
Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm170.2 MW · wind · Nolan County1.2 miBuffalo Gap Wind Farm120.6 MW · wind · Taylor County3.3 miBuffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm232.5 MW · wind · Nolan County3.8 miCallahan Divide Wind Energy Center114 MW · wind · Taylor County5.5 miHorse Hollow Wind Energy Center735.5 MW · wind · Taylor County6.8 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$23.06$/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
- 32.300, -100.116
- Node id
- BUFF_GAP_ALL
Price statistics
167,665 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$29
Median
$24
99th pct
$162
Max spike
$1,390
Spikes > $1000
32
% negative
11.6%
Average price$29/MWh
$0more expensive than 20% of nodes$39+
Volatility$41/MWh
$0more volatile than 63% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours11.6%
0.0%more often negative than 85% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
BUFF_GAP_ALL RT LMP23.06$/MWh