Settlement pointERCOT · West zonenode:MCDLD_FCSBW1
MCDLD_FCSBW1
MCDLD_FCSBW1 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's West zone near Forest Creek Wind Farm LLC and Sand Bluff Wind Farm. 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 MCDLD_FCSBW1.
- Grid location
- West zone
Map coordinate 32.0868, -101.2761.
- Nearest power plant
- Forest Creek Wind Farm LLC
4.7 miles away · 124.2 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,663 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 West zone.
Nearby power plants
Forest Creek Wind Farm LLC124.2 MW · wind · Glasscock County4.7 miSand Bluff Wind Farm89.5 MW · wind · Glasscock County6.8 miOcotillo Windpower58.8 MW · wind · Howard County6.8 miElbow Creek Wind Project LLC121.9 MW · wind · Howard County8.1 miPanther Creek Wind Farm I153.9 MW · wind · Howard County10 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$22.94$/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
- West
- Location
- 32.087, -101.276
- Node id
- MCDLD_FCSBW1
Price statistics
167,663 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$36
Median
$28
99th pct
$183
Max spike
$1,401
Spikes > $1000
40
% negative
9.5%
Average price$36/MWh
$0more expensive than 87% of nodes$39+
Volatility$47/MWh
$0more volatile than 89% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours9.5%
0.0%more often negative than 77% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
MCDLD_FCSBW1 RT LMP22.94$/MWh