FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System

   Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER12-1869-000

          Issued:  6/29/12

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard 

Rensselaer, NY 12144 

Attention: Sara B. Keegan

Senior Attorney

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA 02451 

Attention:William L. Malee

Director, Transmission Commercial Services

New York Electric & Gas Corporation

18 Link Drive 

Binghamton, NY 13904-3222 

Attention:Mark A. Chier,

Electric Transmission Services

Reference: Large Generator Interconnection Agreement No. 1757

Dear Ms. Keegan, Mr. Malee and Mr. Chier:

On May 30, 2012, you filed on behalf of the New York Independent System Operation (NYISO), Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, an Executed Amended and Restated Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement.  This agreement was filed pursuant to NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff and is designated as Service Agreement No. 1757. The agreement reflects the expanded capacity of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station located in Oswego, New York.

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 May 14, 2012, as requested.

The filing was noticed on May 31, 2012, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before June 20, 2012.  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 the 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.

Sincerely,

Jignasa Gadani, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation – East