Settlement pointERCOT · North zonenode:FLCNS_UNIT3
FLCNS_UNIT3
FLCNS_UNIT3 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's North zone near C R Wing Cogen Plant and Gunsight Mountain Wind Energy 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 FLCNS_UNIT3.
- Grid location
- North zone
Map coordinate 32.2716, -101.4221.
- Nearest power plant
- C R Wing Cogen Plant
0.1 miles away · 212 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,899 price intervals · avg $34/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
C R Wing Cogen Plant212 MW · natural gas · Howard County0.1 miGunsight Mountain Wind Energy LLC120 MW · wind · Howard County3.7 miBig Spring Wind Power Facility34.3 MW · wind · Howard County4.9 miElbow Creek Wind Project LLC121.9 MW · wind · Howard County9.1 miOcotillo Windpower58.8 MW · wind · Howard County11 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$27.01$/MWh
Jul 21, 7:00 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
- 32.272, -101.422
- Node id
- FLCNS_UNIT3
Price statistics
167,899 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$34
Median
$27
99th pct
$170
Max spike
$1,402
Spikes > $1000
44
% negative
9.3%
Average price$34/MWh
$0more expensive than 79% of nodes$39+
Volatility$44/MWh
$0more volatile than 75% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours9.3%
0.0%more often negative than 77% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
FLCNS_UNIT3 RT LMP27.01$/MWh