Settlement pointERCOT · Coast zonenode:CHE_LYD
CHE_LYD
CHE_LYD is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Coast zone near Channel Energy Center LLC and PRSI FCC Generator. 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 CHE_LYD.
- Grid location
- Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.7464, -95.2314.
- Nearest power plant
- Channel Energy Center LLC
1.9 miles away · 760 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,691 price intervals · avg $32/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
Channel Energy Center LLC760 MW · natural gas · Harris County1.9 miPRSI FCC Generator3 MW · petroleum · Harris County2.0 miRentech Nitrogen Pasadena Cogeneration14 MW · other · Harris County2.3 miHouston Plant7 MW · other · Harris County3.0 miTexas Petrochemicals35 MW · natural gas · Harris County3.6 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$26.01$/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
- 29.746, -95.231
- Node id
- CHE_LYD
Price statistics
167,691 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$32
Median
$26
99th pct
$129
Max spike
$1,153
Spikes > $1000
5
% negative
1.8%
Average price$32/MWh
$0more expensive than 56% of nodes$39+
Volatility$39/MWh
$0more volatile than 47% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.8%
0.0%more often negative than 14% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
CHE_LYD RT LMP26.01$/MWh