Settlement pointERCOTnode:HB_PAN
HB_PAN
HB_PAN is an ERCOT settlement point in Texas near UL Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility and Goodnight. 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 HB_PAN.
- Grid location
- Texas
Map coordinate 34.8615, -101.4865.
- Nearest power plant
- UL Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility
18 miles away · 3.5 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,612 price intervals · avg $24/MWh · 365 day window
Real-time LMP, day-ahead price, hourly shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Local grid context
Power assets and settlement points nearest this map coordinate.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$23.34$/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
- Location
- 34.861, -101.487
- Node id
- HB_PAN
Price statistics
167,612 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$24
Median
$21
99th pct
$138
Max spike
$1,478
Spikes > $1000
42
% negative
18.6%
Average price$24/MWh
$0more expensive than 3% of nodes$39+
Volatility$40/MWh
$0more volatile than 55% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours18.6%
0.0%more often negative than 97% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
HB_PAN RT LMP23.34$/MWh