Settlement pointERCOT · North zonenode:ELB_ELBCREEK
ELB_ELBCREEK
ELB_ELBCREEK is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's North zone near Ocotillo Windpower and Elbow Creek Wind Project LLC. 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 ELB_ELBCREEK.
- Grid location
- North zone
Map coordinate 32.1246, -101.3965.
- Nearest power plant
- Ocotillo Windpower
0.7 miles away · 58.8 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,663 price intervals · avg $29/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
Ocotillo Windpower58.8 MW · wind · Howard County0.7 miElbow Creek Wind Project LLC121.9 MW · wind · Howard County1.1 miPanther Creek Wind Farm I153.9 MW · wind · Howard County3.6 miBig Spring Wind Power Facility34.3 MW · wind · Howard County5.7 miGunsight Mountain Wind Energy LLC120 MW · wind · Howard County9.2 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$22.94$/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 pointhigh volatility
- Zone
- North
- Location
- 32.125, -101.396
- Node id
- ELB_ELBCREEK
Price statistics
167,663 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$29
Median
$25
99th pct
$180
Max spike
$1,398
Spikes > $1000
43
% negative
17.8%
Average price$29/MWh
$0more expensive than 22% of nodes$39+
Volatility$48/MWh
$0more volatile than 91% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours17.8%
0.0%more often negative than 97% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
ELB_ELBCREEK RT LMP22.94$/MWh