Settlement pointERCOT · Coast zonenode:DESN_ESS_RN
DESN_ESS_RN
DESN_ESS_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Coast zone near Citadel Battery Storage Plant and WAL522. 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 DESN_ESS_RN.
- Grid location
- Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.8876, -95.0217.
- Nearest power plant
- Citadel Battery Storage Plant
1.0 miles away · 204 MW · batteries
- Price record
- 144,614 price intervals · avg $31/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
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$23.32$/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 pointlow volatility
- Zone
- Coast
- Location
- 29.888, -95.022
- Node id
- DESN_ESS_RN
Price statistics
144,614 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$31
Median
$25
99th pct
$123
Max spike
$1,362
Spikes > $1000
8
% negative
1.9%
Average price$31/MWh
$0more expensive than 42% of nodes$39+
Volatility$29/MWh
$0more volatile than 10% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.9%
0.0%more often negative than 21% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
DESN_ESS_RN RT LMP23.32$/MWh