Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:CONTINEN_RN
CONTINEN_RN
CONTINEN_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Los Vientos V Wind Power and Mesteno. 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 CONTINEN_RN.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 26.5160, -98.6100.
- Nearest power plant
- Los Vientos V Wind Power
7.6 miles away · 110 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,669 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 Southern zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$22.38$/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 pointhigh volatility
- Zone
- Southern
- Location
- 26.516, -98.610
- Node id
- CONTINEN_RN
Price statistics
167,669 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$29
Median
$25
99th pct
$116
Max spike
$6,346
Spikes > $1000
16
% negative
3.8%
Average price$29/MWh
$0more expensive than 21% of nodes$39+
Volatility$44/MWh
$0more volatile than 75% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours3.8%
0.0%more often negative than 54% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
CONTINEN_RN RT LMP22.38$/MWh