Settlement pointERCOT · Southern zonenode:SIL_SILAS_6
SIL_SILAS_6
SIL_SILAS_6 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Southern zone near Silas Ray and WAL456. 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 SIL_SILAS_6.
- Grid location
- Southern zone
Map coordinate 25.9141, -97.5218.
- Nearest power plant
- Silas Ray
0.1 miles away · 112 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 168,061 price intervals · avg $32/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
$25.69$/MWh
Jul 21, 9:00 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
- Southern
- Location
- 25.914, -97.522
- Node id
- SIL_SILAS_6
Price statistics
168,061 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$32
Median
$24
99th pct
$116
Max spike
$13,670
Spikes > $1000
205
% negative
7.2%
Average price$32/MWh
$0more expensive than 52% of nodes$39+
Volatility$190/MWh
$0more volatile than 100% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours7.2%
0.0%more often negative than 66% of nodes16.8%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
SIL_SILAS_6 RT LMP25.69$/MWh