Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:NUE_NUECESG8
NUE_NUECESG8
NUE_NUECESG8 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Energy Center. 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 NUE_NUECESG8.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 27.8203, -97.4196.
- Nearest power plant
- Nueces Bay
0.1 miles away · 633 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,676 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
Nueces Bay633 MW · natural gas · Nueces County0.1 miCorpus Christi Energy Center506 MW · natural gas · Nueces County0.7 miHEBCCBakery3.2 MW · natural gas · Nueces County3.5 miValero Refinery Corpus Christi West65.2 MW · petroleum · Nueces County3.8 miWeil Tract BESS9.9 MW · batteries · Nueces County4.4 mi
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$21.47$/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 pointlow volatility
- Zone
- Southern
- Location
- 27.820, -97.420
- Node id
- NUE_NUECESG8
Price statistics
167,676 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$29
Median
$25
99th pct
$120
Max spike
$1,359
Spikes > $1000
6
% negative
3.1%
Average price$29/MWh
$0more expensive than 23% of nodes$39+
Volatility$32/MWh
$0more volatile than 31% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours3.1%
0.0%more often negative than 51% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
NUE_NUECESG8 RT LMP21.47$/MWh