Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:PEARSALL_RN
PEARSALL_RN
PEARSALL_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Pearsall and Horizon Solar. 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 PEARSALL_RN.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 28.8889, -99.0798.
- Nearest power plant
- Pearsall
2.8 miles away · 201.6 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,670 price intervals · avg $33/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
$19.93$/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 pointmoderate volatility
- Zone
- Southern
- Location
- 28.889, -99.080
- Node id
- PEARSALL_RN
Price statistics
167,670 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$33
Median
$27
99th pct
$158
Max spike
$1,378
Spikes > $1000
20
% negative
6.1%
Average price$33/MWh
$0more expensive than 70% of nodes$39+
Volatility$38/MWh
$0more volatile than 45% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours6.1%
0.0%more often negative than 65% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
PEARSALL_RN RT LMP19.93$/MWh