Settlement pointERCOT · Coast zonenode:BYU_BYU_1
BYU_BYU_1
BYU_BYU_1 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Coast zone near Bayou Cogen Plant and WAL5116. 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 BYU_BYU_1.
- Grid location
- Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.6271, -95.0470.
- Nearest power plant
- Bayou Cogen Plant
0.3 miles away · 300 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,669 price intervals · avg $33/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
Bayou Cogen Plant300 MW · natural gas · Harris County0.3 miWAL51161.2 MW · natural gas · Harris County4.0 miSan Jacinto Steam Electric Station160 MW · natural gas · Harris County4.7 miNASA Johnson Space Center CHP10.6 MW · natural gas · Harris County5.1 miExelon LaPorte Generating Station144 MW · natural gas · Harris County5.4 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$25.21$/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 pointlow volatility
- Zone
- Coast
- Location
- 29.627, -95.047
- Node id
- BYU_BYU_1
Price statistics
167,669 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$33
Median
$27
99th pct
$134
Max spike
$1,373
Spikes > $1000
8
% negative
1.4%
Average price$33/MWh
$0more expensive than 76% of nodes$39+
Volatility$30/MWh
$0more volatile than 19% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.4%
0.0%more often negative than 4% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
BYU_BYU_1 RT LMP25.21$/MWh