Settlement pointERCOT · Coast zonenode:TXCTY_CTC
TXCTY_CTC
TXCTY_CTC is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's Coast zone near Texas City Power Plant and Texas City Plant Union Carbide. 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 TXCTY_CTC.
- Grid location
- Coast zone
Map coordinate 29.3794, -94.9443.
- Nearest power plant
- Texas City Power Plant
0.1 miles away · 418 MW · natural gas
- Price record
- 167,955 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 Coast zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$24.48$/MWh
Jul 21, 8:00 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
- Coast
- Location
- 29.379, -94.944
- Node id
- TXCTY_CTC
Price statistics
167,955 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$33
Median
$27
99th pct
$133
Max spike
$1,367
Spikes > $1000
11
% negative
1.4%
Average price$33/MWh
$0more expensive than 73% of nodes$39+
Volatility$30/MWh
$0more volatile than 21% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours1.4%
0.0%more often negative than 9% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
TXCTY_CTC RT LMP24.48$/MWh