Settlement pointERCOT · North zonenode:VLSES_UNIT3
VLSES_UNIT3
VLSES_UNIT3 is an ERCOT settlement point in ERCOT's North zone near Whitewright Solar and WAL947. 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 VLSES_UNIT3.
- Grid location
- North zone
Map coordinate 33.6280, -96.3706.
- Nearest power plant
- Whitewright Solar
9.0 miles away · 10 MW · solar
- Price record
- 167,670 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 North zone.
Nearby power plants
Price behavior
Real-time price history, price shape, and fleet-relative statistics.
Latest real-time LMP
$24.07$/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
- North
- Location
- 33.628, -96.371
- Node id
- VLSES_UNIT3
Price statistics
167,670 intervalsAvg $/MWh
$32
Median
$25
99th pct
$148
Max spike
$1,630
Spikes > $1000
60
% negative
2.5%
Average price$32/MWh
$0more expensive than 55% of nodes$39+
Volatility$40/MWh
$0more volatile than 48% of nodes$58+
Negative-price hours2.5%
0.0%more often negative than 39% of nodes16.9%+
Average price by hourlocal time · trailing 90 days
0:006:0012:0018:0024:00
Recent pricehourly average · last 14 days
VLSES_UNIT3 RT LMP24.07$/MWh