Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:PIRATE_RN
PIRATE_RN
PIRATE_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Papalote Creek I LLC and Peacock Energy Project. 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 PIRATE_RN.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 28.0307, -97.5239.
- Nearest power plant
- Papalote Creek I LLC
7.5 miles away · 180 MW · wind
- Price record
- 167,670 price intervals · avg $30/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
$20.90$/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
- 28.031, -97.524
- Node id
- PIRATE_RN
Price statistics
167,670 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$30
Median
$25
99th pct
$127
Max spike
$1,289
Spikes > $1000
5
% negative
2.5%
Average price$30/MWh
$0more expensive than 36% of nodes$39+
Volatility$30/MWh
$0more volatile than 26% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours2.5%
0.0%more often negative than 40% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
PIRATE_RN RT LMP20.90$/MWh