Settlement pointERCOT · West zonenode:HB_WEST
HB_WEST
HB_WEST is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's West zone near Bearkat and Pioneer Hutt Wind Energy. 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_WEST.
- Grid location
- West zone
Map coordinate 31.5755, -101.7695.
- Nearest power plant
- Bearkat
15 miles away · 196.7 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,907 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
$25.45$/MWh
Jul 21, 8:00 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
- West
- Location
- 31.575, -101.770
- Node id
- HB_WEST
Price statistics
167,907 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$31
Median
$26
99th pct
$156
Max spike
$1,433
Spikes > $1000
36
% negative
9.8%
Average price$31/MWh
$0more expensive than 38% of nodes$39+
Volatility$41/MWh
$0more volatile than 61% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours9.8%
0.0%more often negative than 78% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
HB_WEST RT LMP25.45$/MWh