5 Congestion Revenue Rights

Congestion revenue rights auction efficiency 1B became in effect on January 1, 2019. It includes key changes related to the congestion revenue rights settlements process:

  • Targeted reduction of congestion revenue rights payouts on a constraint by constraint basis.
  • Distribute congestion revenues to the extent that CAISO collected the requisite revenue on the constraint over the month. That is, implement a pro-rata funding for CRRs.
  • Allow surpluses on one constraint in one hour to offset deficits on the same constraint in another hour over the course of the month.
  • Only distribute surpluses to congestion revenue rights if the surplus is collected on a constraint that the congestion revenue right accrued a deficit, and only up to the full target payment value of the congestion revenue right.
  • Distribute remaining surplus revenue at the end of the month, which are associated with constraints that collect more surplus over the month than deficits, to measured demand.

Monthly CRR Revenue

Figure 11 illustrates the daily CRR notional value in the corresponding month for the various transmission elements that experienced congestion during the month. CRR notional value is calculated as the product of CRR implied flow and constraint shadow price in each hour per constraint and CRR.

Figure 11: Daily CRR Notional Value by Transmission Element

Daily CRR Notional Value by Transmission Element

Figure 12 illustrates the daily CRR offset value in the corresponding month for the transmission elements that experienced congestion during the month. CRR offset value is the difference between the revenue collected from the congestion CRR. A positive CRR offset value represents surplus and a negative CRR offset value represents shortfall.

The main reasons for CRR offset shortfall are

  • PALOVRDE_ITC was binding in seven days of this month, resulting in offset shortfall of $2.50 million. PALOVRDE_ITC was derated in October driven by the outages discussed in previous section.

  • The line 30763_Q0577SS_230_30765_LOSBANOS_230_BR_1 _1 was binding in 25 days of this month, resulting in offset shortfall of $0.80 million.

The main reasons for CRR offset surplus are

  • The line 30750_MOSSLD_230_30797_LASAGUIL_230_BR_1 _1 was binding in 13 days of this month, resulting in offset surplus of $0.25 million.

  • The 34116_LE GRAND_115_34134_WILSONAB_115_BR_1 _1 was binding in most days of this month, resulting in offset surplus of $0.22 million.

Figure 12: Daily CRR Offset Value by Transmission Element

Daily CRR Offset Value by Transmission Element

Furthermore, Table 5 shows the monthly CRR deficit in the month broken out by transmission elements and Table 6 shows the monthly CRR surplus in the month broken out by transmission elements.

Table 5: CRR Deficit by Transmission Element
Constraint Percent
PALOVRDE_ITC 34.88
Other 18.53
30763_Q0577SS _230_30765_LOSBANOS_230_BR_1 _1 11.00
33203_MISSON _115_33204_POTRERO _115_BR_1 _1 9.80
30900_GATES _230_30970_MIDWAY _230_BR_1 _1 6.26
33315_RAVENSWD_115_38028_PLO ALTO_115_BR_1 _1 4.68
35922_MOSSLD _115_30750_MOSSLD _230_XF_1 3.70
32214_RIO OSO _115_30330_RIO OSO _230_XF_2A 3.44
31334_CLER LKE_60.0_31338_KONOCTI6_60.0_BR_1 _1 3.26
33315_RAVENSWD_115_33316_CLYLDG _115_BR_1 _1 2.31
22208_EL CAJON_69.0_22408_LOSCOCHS_69.0_BR_1 _1 2.15
Table 6: CRR Surplus by Transmission Element
Constraint Percent
Other 31.07
30750_MOSSLD _230_30797_LASAGUIL_230_BR_1 _1 13.03
34116_LE GRAND_115_34134_WILSONAB_115_BR_1 _1 11.32
MALIN500_ISL 10.55
24138_SERRANO _500_24137_SERRANO _230_XF_1 _P 7.57
NdGrp: 24017_BLYTHESC_161_B1 7.49
NOB_ITC 6.23
30055_GATES1 _500_30060_MIDWAY _500_BR_1 _1 4.18
99254_J.HINDS2_230_24806_MIRAGE _230_BR_1 _1 3.99
OMS_9959454_CUYAMS_TAFT_70_1 2.50
30790_PANOCHE _230_30900_GATES _230_BR_2 _1 2.07

Table 7 shows the monthly CRR payment in the month broken out by transmission elements

Table 7: CRR Payment by Transmission Element
Constraint Percent
30763_Q0577SS _230_30765_LOSBANOS_230_BR_1 _1 51.09
Other 14.70
PALOVRDE_ITC 9.50
MALIN500_ISL 6.80
30900_GATES _230_30970_MIDWAY _230_BR_1 _1 4.20
OMS_9959454_CUYAMS_TAFT_70_1 2.94
OMS_9959454_KTTLM_GATES_70_1 2.69
ELDORADO_ITC 2.37
24138_SERRANO _500_24137_SERRANO _230_XF_1 _P 2.09
30750_MOSSLD _230_30797_LASAGUIL_230_BR_1 _1 1.96
33315_RAVENSWD_115_38028_PLO ALTO_115_BR_1 _1 1.67

Table 8 shows the monthly CRR payments. Net monthly balancing surplus in October was -$1.92 million. The auction revenues credited to the balancing account for October was $6.99 million. As a result, the balancing account for October had a surplus of approximately $5.07 million, which was allocated to measured demand. The Net Monthly Balancing Surplus is calculates as sum of CRR surplus plus CRR daily Balancing account minus total auction revenue. The Total Auction revenue is sum of monthly and annual auction revenue. The Allocation to Measured demand is calculated as sum of Total Auction revenue plus Net Monthly Balancing Surplus.

Table 8: CRR Revenue Statistics
Description OCTOBER -2021 SEPTEMBER-2021
CRR Notional Value $33,218,613 $53,818,532
CRR Deficit -$7,166,641 -$9,879,655
CRR Settlement Rule -$7,345 -$10,072
CRR Adjusted Payment $26,044,627 $43,928,806
CRR Surplus $1,934,295 $5,633,715
Monthly Auction Revenue $3,905,912 $4,166,573
Annual Auction Revenue $3,080,092 $2,084,516
CRR Daily Balancing Account $3,130,998 $2,431,020
Net Monthly Balancing Surplus -$1,920,712 $1,813,646
Allocation to Measured Demand $5,065,293 $8,064,735