Settlement pointERCOT · Coast zonenode:BVE_UNIT2
BVE_UNIT2
BVE_UNIT2 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Coast zone near Jack Fusco Energy Center and Braes Bayou Plant. 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 BVE_UNIT2.
- Grid location
- Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.4733, -95.6239.
- Nearest power plant
- Jack Fusco Energy Center
0.1 miles away · 538 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,669 price intervals · avg $31/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 Coast zone.
Nearby power plants
Jack Fusco Energy Center538 MW · natural gas · Fort Bend County0.0 miBraes Bayou Plant356 MW · natural gas · Fort Bend County0.5 miPetra Nova Carbon Capture Cogen74 MW · natural gas · Fort Bend County0.6 miW A Parish3,632 MW · coal · Fort Bend County0.8 miHEB001101.2 MW · natural gas · Fort Bend County6.8 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$30.23$/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
- Coast
- Location
- 29.473, -95.624
- Node id
- BVE_UNIT2
Price statistics
167,669 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$31
Median
$26
99th pct
$125
Max spike
$1,358
Spikes > $1000
8
% negative
2.3%
Average price$31/MWh
$0more expensive than 43% of nodes$39+
Volatility$34/MWh
$0more volatile than 34% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours2.3%
0.0%more often negative than 34% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
BVE_UNIT2 RT LMP30.23$/MWh