Settlement pointERCOT · West zonenode:SWT_BESS_RN
SWT_BESS_RN
SWT_BESS_RN is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's West zone near Sweetwater Wind 5 and Maryneal Windpower. 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 SWT_BESS_RN.
- Grid location
- West zone
Map coordinate 32.2442, -100.4593.
- Nearest power plant
- Sweetwater Wind 5
1.5 miles away · 80.5 MW · wind
- Price record
- 168,005 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 West zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$22.61$/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
- West
- Location
- 32.244, -100.459
- Node id
- SWT_BESS_RN
Price statistics
168,005 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$32
Median
$26
99th pct
$173
Max spike
$1,420
Spikes > $1000
35
% negative
9.9%
Average price$32/MWh
$0more expensive than 57% of nodes$39+
Volatility$45/MWh
$0more volatile than 78% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours9.9%
0.0%more often negative than 79% of nodes16.8%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
SWT_BESS_RN RT LMP22.61$/MWh