Settlement pointERCOT · West zonenode:ELMCRK_RN
ELMCRK_RN
ELMCRK_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's West zone near HEB00070 and WAL536. 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 ELMCRK_RN.
- Grid location
- West zone
Map coordinate 32.4578, -99.7897.
- Nearest power plant
- HEB00070
2.5 miles away · 1.2 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,662 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 West zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$23.10$/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
- West
- Location
- 32.458, -99.790
- Node id
- ELMCRK_RN
Price statistics
167,662 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$31
Median
$25
99th pct
$177
Max spike
$2,164
Spikes > $1000
117
% negative
10.0%
Average price$31/MWh
$0more expensive than 45% of nodes$39+
Volatility$62/MWh
$0more volatile than 97% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours10.0%
0.0%more often negative than 79% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
ELMCRK_RN RT LMP23.10$/MWh