Settlement pointERCOT · Coast zonenode:DDPEC_GT3
DDPEC_GT3
DDPEC_GT3 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Coast zone near Deer Park Energy Center and Shell Deer Park. 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 DDPEC_GT3.
- Grid location
- Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.7141, -95.1350.
- Nearest power plant
- Deer Park Energy Center
0.1 miles away · 1,192 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,669 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
Deer Park Energy Center1,192 MW · natural gas · Harris County0.1 miShell Deer Park243 MW · natural gas · Harris County0.7 miPasadena Cogeneration746 MW · natural gas · Harris County2.6 miHouston Chemical Complex Battleground263 MW · natural gas · Harris County3.3 miExelon LaPorte Generating Station144 MW · natural gas · Harris County3.9 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$25.17$/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
- 29.714, -95.135
- Node id
- DDPEC_GT3
Price statistics
167,669 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$32
Median
$26
99th pct
$130
Max spike
$1,398
Spikes > $1000
8
% negative
1.4%
Average price$32/MWh
$0more expensive than 65% of nodes$39+
Volatility$37/MWh
$0more volatile than 39% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.4%
0.0%more often negative than 5% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
DDPEC_GT3 RT LMP25.17$/MWh