Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:DC_L
DC_L
DC_L is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Laredo and HEB00095. 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 DC_L.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 27.5712, -99.5100.
- Nearest power plant
- Laredo
0.3 miles away · 177.4 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,633 price intervals · avg $26/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
$16.27$/MWh
Jul 21, 4:00 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
- Southern
- Location
- 27.571, -99.510
- Node id
- DC_L
Price statistics
167,633 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$26
Median
$24
99th pct
$150
Max spike
$2,254
Spikes > $1000
21
% negative
11.6%
Average price$26/MWh
$0more expensive than 9% of nodes$39+
Volatility$41/MWh
$0more volatile than 62% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours11.6%
0.0%more often negative than 85% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
DC_L RT LMP16.27$/MWh