PJM Western Hub price
The latest real-time price at PJM Western Hub (WESTERN HUB) and its running averages for today, this week and this month, with daily and monthly history.
PJM Western Hub price
The latest real-time price at PJM Western Hub (WESTERN HUB) and its running averages for today, this week and this month, with daily and monthly history.
PJM Western Hub real-time price
Latest real-time price
$36.13
Oct 5, 11:00 PM ET · $/MWh
Latest full day, Oct 5
$46.49
Low $26.80 · high $203.49
Week to date
$46.49
Oct 5 · 1 day
Month to date
$47.18
Oct 1 – Oct 5 · 5 days
September 2026
$81.58
Full-month average
LMP by hub & zone
Hubs
AEP GEN$37.26
AEP-DAYTON$33.72
ATSI GEN$38.08
CHICAGO$17.92
CHICAGO GEN$17.38
DOMINION$44.05
EASTERN$4.2
N ILLINOIS$17.67
NEW JERSEY$11.39
OHIO$29.58
WEST INT$42.05
WESTERN$41.94
Load zones
AECO$7.16
AEP$34.47
APS$42.15
ATSI$40.48
BGE$56.73
COMED$17.83
DAY$55.72
DEOK$133.54
DOM$46.43
DPL$-0.28
DUQ$40.39
EKPC$47.31
JCPL$12.59
METED$30.7
OVEC$49.2
PECO$4.14
PENELEC$30.77
PEPCO$52.12
PJM-RTO$36.23
PPL$22.31
PSEG$12.45
RECO$15.17
What this shows
Where Western Hub is
Western Hub is the average price of a set of buses in the western Mid-Atlantic, across Pennsylvania, Maryland and neighboring zones. It is the most traded point in PJM.
What moves it
PJM-wide demand, gas prices at the eastern pipelines, and how much capacity is available. Heat waves and cold snaps move it most.
How the averages are measured
Each average is the mean of PJM's hourly real-time LMPs at the hub in the period, by Eastern prevailing time. PJM publishes them about a day after the hour, so the latest full day is yesterday's.
What people ask
What is the PJM Western Hub price today?
The panel above shows the latest real-time price at WESTERN HUB and today's average so far, in $/MWh. It refreshes every minute.
How is the monthly average calculated?
Each average is the mean of PJM's hourly real-time LMPs at the hub in the period, by Eastern prevailing time. PJM publishes them about a day after the hour, so the latest full day is yesterday's. Week to date starts on Monday; month to date starts on the 1st.
Is this the day-ahead or the real-time price?
Real time. Day-ahead prices clear a day earlier and usually differ, most of all on days when real-time conditions surprise the forecast.
Sources
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