Settlement pointERCOT · North zonenode:DRAK_ESS_RN
DRAK_ESS_RN
DRAK_ESS_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's North zone near HEB00796 and Ray Olinger. 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 DRAK_ESS_RN.
- Grid location
- North zone
Map coordinate 33.0061, -96.5869.
- Nearest power plant
- HEB00796
8.5 miles away · 1.2 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 57,994 price intervals · avg $30/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
$24.22$/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
- North
- Location
- 33.006, -96.587
- Node id
- DRAK_ESS_RN
Price statistics
57,994 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$30
Median
$25
99th pct
$120
Max spike
$1,354
Spikes > $1000
9
% negative
1.6%
Average price$30/MWh
$0more expensive than 31% of nodes$39+
Volatility$36/MWh
$0more volatile than 38% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.6%
0.0%more often negative than 10% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
DRAK_ESS_RN RT LMP24.22$/MWh