Settlement pointERCOT · North zonenode:DC_N
DC_N
DC_N is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's North zone near Electra Wind Farm and Lockett Windfarm. 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_N.
- Grid location
- North zone
Map coordinate 34.0858, -99.1837.
- Nearest power plant
- Electra Wind Farm
3.9 miles away · 230 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,766 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 North zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$30.98$/MWh
Jul 21, 6:00 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
- North
- Location
- 34.086, -99.184
- Node id
- DC_N
Price statistics
167,766 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$26
Median
$23
99th pct
$139
Max spike
$1,498
Spikes > $1000
47
% negative
13.9%
Average price$26/MWh
$0more expensive than 10% of nodes$39+
Volatility$40/MWh
$0more volatile than 53% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours13.9%
0.0%more often negative than 92% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
DC_N RT LMP30.98$/MWh