FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

Niagara Mohawk

Power Corporation

Docket No. ER12-1709-000

Issued:  5/31/12

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA  02451-1120 

Attention:Amanda C. Downey

Counsel for National Grid

Reference:Amended Interconnection Service Agreement

Dear Ms. Downey:

On May 3, 2012, you filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk), an amended interconnection agreement[1] between Niagara Mohawk and Selkirk Cogen Partners, L.P., to extend the term of service for five additional years.

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 April 1, 2012, as requested.

The filing was noticed on May 3, 2012, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before May 24, 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 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.

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] Service Agreement No. 1488 under the NYISO’s FERC Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 1.