The market, right now
NYISO prices, live
Real-time LBMPs for the 11 NYISO load zones, straight from the market, updated every five minutes. Their average is the price line on the dashboard, and the upstate-downstate spread is the congestion story. High prices and peak risk travel together.
Zone LBMPs right now
2:30 AM ET interval · avg $48.05| Load zone | Price ($/MWh) | Interval start (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Long Island (K) LONGIL | $49.79 | 2:30 AM ET |
| Dunwoodie (I) DUNWOD | $49.26 | 2:30 AM ET |
| New York City (J) NYC | $49.17 | 2:30 AM ET |
| Millwood (H) MILLWD | $49.08 | 2:30 AM ET |
| Capital (F) CAPITL | $49.03 | 2:30 AM ET |
| Hudson Valley (G) HUDVL | $48.98 | 2:30 AM ET |
| Mohawk Valley (E) MHKVL | $48.55 | 2:30 AM ET |
| North (D) NORTH | $47.84 | 2:30 AM ET |
| Central (C) CENTRL | $46.85 | 2:30 AM ET |
| Genesee (B) GENESE | $45.61 | 2:30 AM ET |
| West (A) WEST | $44.43 | 2:30 AM ET |
What prices are these?
Real-time locational-based marginal prices (LBMPs) for NYISO's 11 load zones, in dollars per megawatt-hour, posted every five minutes. The zones run A through K, west to east: Buffalo is Zone A, New York City is Zone J, Long Island is Zone K. This is what wholesale energy clears at in each region, not a retail rate.
Why do the zones differ?
Transmission congestion. Most of New York's generation sits upstate and most of its load sits downstate, and the corridors between them run full on hot afternoons. Zone J and Zone K routinely clear at multiples of the western zones when the wires are the constraint.
What does this have to do with my ICAP tag?
Scarcity. Your ICAP tag is your demand during the single hour the whole state peaks, and that hour is exactly when prices strain. When the zone average climbs on a summer afternoon, that afternoon is the kind that sets the season peak.
Is this what my facility pays?
Not directly. Your energy bill settles on your supplier's terms, and your capacity cost comes from your ICAP tag. Your zone's LBMP is the closest public read on your region's scarcity, not your invoice.