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Zonal pricing — Energy Glossary | Pilot Energy

Written by Pilot Energy | May 20, 2026 10:01:58 PM

Zonal pricing

Category: Markets

A market pricing approach that averages LMPs across a geographic zone rather than calculating a unique price at every node. ERCOT uses a hybrid approach with settlement at the load zone level in day-ahead and the bus level in real-time.