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Congestion Risk Management

Congestion Management

Proactive strategies to mitigate congestion risk and protect asset economics.
CES’s Congestion Management service helps load serving entities, generation owners, asset managers, and developers anticipate, navigate, and mitigate the impacts of grid congestion. Through market forecasting, locational analysis, and bid strategy optimization, CES protects asset revenue and ensures compliance with ISO/RTO protocols. With real-time market visibility and predictive analytics, CES enables clients to operate profitably—even in high-congestion zones.
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    • Locational Marginal Price (LMP) Forecasting

      Predict congestion-driven LMP distortions and their impact on settlement and dispatch.

    • Curtailment Risk Assessment

      Analyze grid interconnection points, historical congestion trends, and future expansion plans.

    • Congestion Revenue Rights (ARR/CRR/FTR) Advisory

      Model and acquire congestion hedges to reduce financial exposure in key nodal locations. Assist with selection of ARRs/CRRs in ISO / RTO allocation processes.

    • Post-Event Settlement Review

      Identify lost value, billing discrepancies, and future optimization opportunities following curtailment events.

    • Regulatory & ISO Coordination

      Support stakeholder interactions, congestion-related interconnection studies, and market reform advocacy.

    • IPP
      Load Serving Entities with ARR/CRR allocation rights
    • solar-energy
      Renewable and thermal generators in congested nodes
    • eco-factory
      Asset managers with multi-site generation portfolios
    • ecological
      Developers planning interconnection in LMP-sensitive zones
    • eco-factory
      Storage operators and hybrid asset owners
    • Traders managing nodal price exposure
    • Market-Facing Intelligence

      Congestion mitigation aligned with current ISO pricing structures and dispatch logic.

    • Experience Across Congested Zones

      Active projects in PJM, ISO-NE, CAISO, and ERCOT with known LMP volatility.

    • Integrated with CES GOLD & GRIDBOOST

      Congestion-aware bidding and dispatch built into CES platform tools.

    • Revenue Protection

      Historical case studies show improved capture rates and lower curtailment penalties.

  • Key Features
    • Locational Marginal Price (LMP) Forecasting

      Predict congestion-driven LMP distortions and their impact on settlement and dispatch.

      Predict congestion-driven LMP distortions and their impact on settlement and dispatch.
    • Curtailment Risk Assessment

      Analyze grid interconnection points, historical congestion trends, and future expansion plans.

      Analyze grid interconnection points, historical congestion trends, and future expansion plans.
    • Congestion Revenue Rights (ARR/CRR/FTR) Advisory

      Model and acquire congestion hedges to reduce financial exposure in key nodal locations. Assist with selection of ARRs/CRRs in ISO / RTO allocation processes.

      Model and acquire congestion hedges to reduce financial exposure in key nodal locations. Assist with selection of ARRs/CRRs in ISO / RTO allocation processes.
    • Post-Event Settlement Review

      Identify lost value, billing discrepancies, and future optimization opportunities following curtailment events.

      Identify lost value, billing discrepancies, and future optimization opportunities following curtailment events.
    • Regulatory & ISO Coordination

      Support stakeholder interactions, congestion-related interconnection studies, and market reform advocacy.

      Support stakeholder interactions, congestion-related interconnection studies, and market reform advocacy.
  • Applications
    • IPP
      Load Serving Entities with ARR/CRR allocation rights
    • solar-energy
      Renewable and thermal generators in congested nodes
    • eco-factory
      Asset managers with multi-site generation portfolios
    • ecological
      Developers planning interconnection in LMP-sensitive zones
    • eco-factory
      Storage operators and hybrid asset owners
    • Traders managing nodal price exposure
  • Differentiators
    • Market-Facing Intelligence

      Congestion mitigation aligned with current ISO pricing structures and dispatch logic.

    • Experience Across Congested Zones

      Active projects in PJM, ISO-NE, CAISO, and ERCOT with known LMP volatility.

    • Integrated with CES GOLD & GRIDBOOST

      Congestion-aware bidding and dispatch built into CES platform tools.

    • Revenue Protection

      Historical case studies show improved capture rates and lower curtailment penalties.

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Featuring risk mapping tools, nodal pricing examples, and mitigation workflows.
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