Settlement pointERCOT · North zonenode:PALE_ESS_EN
PALE_ESS_EN
PALE_ESS_EN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's North zone near Paleo and Elk Station. 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 PALE_ESS_EN.
- Grid location
- North zone
Map coordinate 33.8975, -101.8144.
- Nearest power plant
- Paleo
0.9 miles away · 200 MW · batteries
- Price record
- 167,628 price intervals · avg $24/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 North zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$19.08$/MWh
Jul 21, 4:00 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
- North
- Location
- 33.897, -101.814
- Node id
- PALE_ESS_EN
Price statistics
167,628 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$24
Median
$22
99th pct
$138
Max spike
$1,464
Spikes > $1000
36
% negative
18.6%
Average price$24/MWh
$0more expensive than 2% of nodes$39+
Volatility$41/MWh
$0more volatile than 65% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours18.6%
0.0%more often negative than 97% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
PALE_ESS_EN RT LMP19.08$/MWh