FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent

System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER12-2317-001

Issued:  11/29/13

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselear, New York 12144

New York Power Authority

123 Main Street

White Plains, New York 10601

Attention:  John C. Cutting, New York System Operator, Inc.

       Gary D. Levenson, Principal Attorney, New York Power Authority

Reference:              Compliance Filing

Dear Mr. Cutting and Mr. Levenson:

On November 4, 2013, you filed a compliance filing, on behalf of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), a member transmission owner of the bulk power system operated by the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) containing tariff revisions from the Commission-approved, uncontested Offer of Settlement.[1]  You state that the compliance filing includes revised tariff records and an Amended Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement.[2] 

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. §375.307, your submittal is accepted for filing, effective August 1, 2012, as requested.

The filing was noticed on November 4, 2013, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before November 25, 2013.  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2013)), to the extent that any timely filed motions to intervene and any motion to intervene out-of-time were filed before the issuance date of this order, such interventions are granted.  Granting late interventions at this stage of the proceeding will not disrupt the proceeding or place additional burdens on existing parties. 

This acceptance for filing shall not be construed as constituting approval of the referenced filing or of any rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service contained in your filing; nor shall such acceptance be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual right or obligation associated therewith; and such acceptance is without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against your  companies.

This order constitutes final agency action.  Requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 385.713.

Sincerely,

Jignasa Gadani, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation – East

[1] New York Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 145 FERC ¶ 61,017 (2013).

[2]New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Tariffs, NYISO OATT, 14.2 OATT Att H Attachment 1 to Att H - NYPA Transmission A, 6.0.0.