Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:LV3_UNIT1
LV3_UNIT1
LV3_UNIT1 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Los Vientos V Wind Power and Anemoi Energy Storage. 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 LV3_UNIT1.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 26.4884, -98.5949.
- Nearest power plant
- Los Vientos V Wind Power
5.5 miles away · 110 MW · wind
- Price record
- 144,546 price intervals · avg $26/MWh · 365 day window
Real-time LMP, day-ahead price, hourly shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Local grid context
Assets and settlement points nearest this location in ERCOT's Southern zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
—$/MWh
ERCOT day-ahead prices are market settlements, not model predictions. Error statistics compare completed delivery hours with hourly real-time LMP averages.
Settlement pointlow volatility
- Zone
- Southern
- Location
- 26.488, -98.595
- Node id
- LV3_UNIT1
Price statistics
144,546 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$26
Median
$24
99th pct
$126
Max spike
$1,380
Spikes > $1000
5
% negative
12.8%
Average price$26/MWh
$0more expensive than 7% of nodes$39+
Volatility$32/MWh
$0more volatile than 31% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours12.8%
0.0%more often negative than 91% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00