Docket No. ER18-2015-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
In Reply Refer To:
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Issued: September 6, 2018
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Assistant General Counsel
Reference:Filing of an Executed Amended and Restated Operating Agreement
Between the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and New York
On July 13, 2018, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) submitted for filing an executed Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (Amended Agreement), labeled as Service Agreement No. 2271, between NYISO and the New York Transco, LLC (Transco).[1] You state that the Amended Agreement aligns the Transco’s Operating Agreement with the current pro forma Operating Agreement for non-incumbent transmission owners with the exception of limited non-conforming revisions.
Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power
Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2017), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective as requested.
The filing was noticed on July 13, 2018, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before August 3, 2018. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2017)), 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 NYISO.
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 (2017).
Sincerely,
Regulation – East