Settlement pointERCOT · FarWest zonenode:OECCS_1
OECCS_1
OECCS_1 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's FarWest zone near Odessa-Ector Power Plant and Quail Run 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 OECCS_1.
- Grid location
- FarWest zone
Map coordinate 31.8409, -102.3267.
- Nearest power plant
- Odessa-Ector Power Plant
0.1 miles away · 1,061.8 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,648 price intervals · avg $38/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 Far West zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$22.85$/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
- FarWest
- Location
- 31.841, -102.327
- Node id
- OECCS_1
Price statistics
167,648 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$38
Median
$29
99th pct
$172
Max spike
$1,389
Spikes > $1000
40
% negative
9.0%
Average price$38/MWh
$0more expensive than 90% of nodes$39+
Volatility$45/MWh
$0more volatile than 78% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours9.0%
0.0%more often negative than 76% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
OECCS_1 RT LMP22.85$/MWh