Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:LAUR_BESS_RN
LAUR_BESS_RN
LAUR_BESS_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near SMT Los Fresnos LLC and Cameron Wind 1 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 LAUR_BESS_RN.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 26.1236, -97.5477.
- Nearest power plant
- SMT Los Fresnos LLC
3.7 miles away · 10 MW · batteries
- Price record
- 167,664 price intervals · avg $27/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 Southern zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$21.76$/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
- Southern
- Location
- 26.124, -97.548
- Node id
- LAUR_BESS_RN
Price statistics
167,664 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$27
Median
$24
99th pct
$113
Max spike
$2,945
Spikes > $1000
40
% negative
8.3%
Average price$27/MWh
$0more expensive than 11% of nodes$39+
Volatility$44/MWh
$0more volatile than 75% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours8.3%
0.0%more often negative than 73% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
LAUR_BESS_RN RT LMP21.76$/MWh