Settlement pointERCOT · FarWest zonenode:HYDR_ESS_RN
HYDR_ESS_RN
HYDR_ESS_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's FarWest zone near RE Maplewood and Pearl Solar. 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 HYDR_ESS_RN.
- Grid location
- FarWest zone
Map coordinate 30.9669, -102.2516.
- Nearest power plant
- RE Maplewood
0.8 miles away · 250 MW · solar
- Price record
- 167,304 price intervals · avg $36/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 Far West zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$18.38$/MWh
Jul 21, 4:00 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
- FarWest
- Location
- 30.967, -102.252
- Node id
- HYDR_ESS_RN
Price statistics
167,304 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$36
Median
$28
99th pct
$176
Max spike
$1,387
Spikes > $1000
36
% negative
9.9%
Average price$36/MWh
$0more expensive than 88% of nodes$39+
Volatility$46/MWh
$0more volatile than 81% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours9.9%
0.0%more often negative than 79% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
HYDR_ESS_RN RT LMP18.38$/MWh