Observed arrival · 2026-08-30
KritiGrid Puts a Price on Transmission Congestion
A public-data screening tool that estimates congestion costs across 44 interconnection-relevant nodes in Northern California.
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The analysis combines CAISO day-ahead settlement results across 625 transmission elements with NASA POWER irradiance and EIA-860M data. Its published examples compare 28 hours above $50/MWh at one Bay Area node with 361 hours at a node 90 miles away, illustrating why location-level screening matters. The site reports walk-forward forecasting with 31% median error against 65% for its standard benchmark, while explicitly separating market congestion prices from utility contingency-based curtailment decisions.
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