Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:LOWR_ESS_RN
LOWR_ESS_RN
LOWR_ESS_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Val Verde and Ridge Rd. 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 LOWR_ESS_RN.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 26.2079, -98.0593.
- Nearest power plant
- Val Verde
2.2 miles away · 9.9 MW · batteries
- Price record
- 167,880 price intervals · avg $29/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
$33.53$/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 pointmoderate volatility
- Zone
- Southern
- Location
- 26.208, -98.059
- Node id
- LOWR_ESS_RN
Price statistics
167,880 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$29
Median
$25
99th pct
$123
Max spike
$3,518
Spikes > $1000
13
% negative
4.1%
Average price$29/MWh
$0more expensive than 23% of nodes$39+
Volatility$38/MWh
$0more volatile than 42% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours4.1%
0.0%more often negative than 58% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
LOWR_ESS_RN RT LMP33.53$/MWh