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New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation Docket No. ER21-1367-000

Issued:  April 29, 2021

Sara B. Keegan, Esq.

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Paul A. Colbert, Esq.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation 284 South Avenue

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Reference:   Executed Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement - Service
Agreement No. 2605

On March 12, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) (together, Joint Filing
Parties) submitted for filing an executed Transmission Project Interconnection
Agreement (TPIA) entered into among NYISO, Central Hudson, and New York Transco,
LLC (NY Transco), designated as Service Agreement No. 2605.1  Joint Filing Parties
state that the TPIA, while based on and consistent with the pro forma Large Generator
Interconnection Agreement contained in Attachment X of  NYISO’s Open Access
Transmission Tariff (OATT), has been modified to address that the facility is a
transmission project, i.e., Segment B of the AC Transmission Needs project, and to
address the particular circumstances of the interconnection.  Joint Filing Parties state that
the transmission project will interconnect at several points to certain facilities of Central
Hudson that are part of the New York State Transmission System.  Joint Filing Parties
further state that while NY Transco will be responsible for all of the work to design,
construct, install, place in service, operate and maintain the transmission project, Central
Hudson and NY Transco will each have responsibilities for the design, construction,

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2605, TPIA Among NYISO, Central Hudson, Transco, 0.0.0.

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installation, and placing in service of certain network upgrade facilities.  Joint Filing
Parties request that the TPIA be accepted for filing effective February 26, 2021.

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 February 26, 2021, as requested.2

The filing was noticed on March 12, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 2, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214), 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 that have been or may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against Joint Filing Parties.

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.

Issued by: Kurt M. Longo, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - East

2 See 18 C.F.R. § 35.3(a)(2) (2020).