FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

   Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER11-4664-000

Issued:  11/15/11

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Blvd. 

Rensselaer, New York 12144 

Attention:Mollie Lampi

Assistant General Counsel

Reference:Tariff Revisions to the Voltage Support Service Program

Dear Ms. Lampi:

On September 28, 2011, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff to revise the time frame within which Voltage Service resources must respond when called upon for voltage support and the penalties that are applied when they fail to comply. 

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

Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. §375.307, your submittals are accepted for filing, effective November 27, 2011, as requested.

The filing was noticed on September 28, 2011, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before October 19, 2011.  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2011)), 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.

Sincerely,

Jignasa P. Gadani, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation – East