Congestion revenue rights
Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) are financial instruments, made available through allocation and auction processes, that enable rights holders to manage congestion cost variability based on locational marginal pricing. These rights are acquired primarily for offsetting congestion costs that occur in the day-ahead market.
Prior to being given access to the Congestion Revenue Rights system, all entities must complete the registration and qualification process regardless of whether they wish to acquire the rights by allocation, auction or the secondary market.
Registration process and registered entities
Learn more about the CRR registration process and requirements.
- List of Scheduling Coordinators CRR Holders and Convergence Bidding Entities04/30/2025, 1:02 AM
- Electronic Funds Transfer Procedure06/21/2022, 2:00 PM
- CRR Application05/21/2021, 3:29 PM
- CRR Registration Overview02/02/2021, 4:25 PM
- Electronic Funds Transfer or Bank Account Change Form07/01/2020, 4:25 PM
Market participants must submit the ISO Affiliate Disclosure Form to inform the ISO of any affiliate that owns, controls and/or schedules resources that may provide energy or ancillary services in the ISO markets, according to tariff requirements.
Market participants must submit the Electronic Funds Transfer or Bank Account Change Form via CIDI to request bank account set up or changes.
Documents required for participation
- Congestion Revenue Rights Entity Agreement Information Request Sheet04/09/2021, 1:11 PM
- Appendix B.11 - Congestion Revenue Rights Entity Agreement as of Sep 9, 202009/18/2020, 9:04 AM
Non disclosure agreement
Certain confidential information pertinent to its Congestion Revenue Rights Full Network Model data are available upon compliance with the applicable Submission Instructions and submittal of a Non-disclosure Agreement. Requesting entities must be members of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) or have an approved WECC Base Case Data Request Package prior to requesting access to this data.
Current processes
The CRR processes are separated into two distinct markets; the allocation and auction. Each of these markets award CRRs valid for annual and monthly periods. The allocation markets are open to registered CRR load serving entities while the auction is open to all registered CRR entities that post sufficient collateral.
- 2025 Monthly and 2026 Annual Allocation and Auction Calendar (Revised)04/18/2025, 11:56 AM
- 2025 Monthly and 2026 Annual Allocation and Auction Calendar (Revised)04/18/2025, 11:55 AM
- 2024 Monthly and 2025 Annual Allocation and Auction Calendar (Revised) 03/19/2024, 9:23 AM
- 2023 Monthly and 2024 Annual Allocation and Auction Calendar (Revised)08/28/2023, 10:47 AM
- 2022 Monthly and 2023 Annual Allocation and Auction Calendar (Revised)11/03/2022, 9:00 AM
Congestion revenue rights (CRR) report information
- CRR Market Name Listing04/28/2025, 9:59 AM
Source and sink APNodes
Monthly processes
Annual processes
- Annual 2025 Set Aside Values10/10/2024, 9:16 AM
- Annual 2024 Set Aside Values10/11/2023, 1:55 PM
- Annual 2023 Set Aside Values10/12/2022, 2:30 PM
- Annual 2022 Set Aside Values10/14/2021, 2:29 PM
Credit margin and three year historical expected value data
Time of use definition
- 2021-2040 CRR Time of Use (TOU) Definition07/12/2012, 4:44 PM
Auction sell offer data
Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) and access
Visit the CRR application page for market user interface upload and download information.
Related ISO Tariff and Business Practice Manuals
- Tariff
- Business Practice Manual for Congestion Revenue Rights05/18/2024, 7:42 PM
- Business Practice Manual for Candidate CRR Holder Registration05/18/2024, 7:42 PM