Settlement pointERCOT · Coast zonenode:CTW_RN
CTW_RN
CTW_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Coast zone near Longbow BESS, LLC and Longbow Solar, LLC. 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 CTW_RN.
- Grid location
- Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.2606, -95.2709.
- Nearest power plant
- Longbow BESS, LLC
2.1 miles away · 174 MW · batteries
- Price record
- 167,936 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
Longbow BESS, LLC174 MW · batteries · Brazoria County2.1 miLongbow Solar, LLC78.1 MW · solar · Brazoria County2.6 miAscend Performance Materials Texas Inc.47.7 MW · natural gas · Brazoria County3.7 miPower Island110 MW · natural gas · Brazoria County5.0 miMark One Power Station356.8 MW · natural gas · Brazoria County9.9 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$25.42$/MWh
Jul 21, 8:00 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
- 29.261, -95.271
- Node id
- CTW_RN
Price statistics
167,936 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$32
Median
$26
99th pct
$127
Max spike
$1,363
Spikes > $1000
8
% negative
1.4%
Average price$32/MWh
$0more expensive than 58% of nodes$39+
Volatility$28/MWh
$0more volatile than 5% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.4%
0.0%more often negative than 9% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
CTW_RN RT LMP25.42$/MWh