FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER12-1394-000

Issued:  5/29/12

National Grid

201 Jones Road

Waltham, MA  02451

Attention:Terry L. Schwennesen, Esq.

Attorney for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Reference:              Amendments to the Wholesale Transmission Service Charge

Dear Ms. Schwennesen:

On March 30, 2012, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed proposed amendments to the Niagara Mohawk-specific components of the Wholesale Transmission Service Charge (TSC) under the Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) administered by the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO).[1] You state that the primary objective of the amendments is to update the depreciation rates contained in Niagara Mohawk’s revenue requirement under its Wholesale TSC.  In addition, Niagara Mohawk proposes to amend Section 14.2 of the NYISO OATT to reflect Niagara Mohawk’s agreement to exclude the costs of a temporary New York assessment from its revenue requirement and to make ministerial changes.

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 January 23, 2011, as requested.

The filing was noticed on March 30, 2012, with comments, interventions and -protests due on or before April 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 Niagara Mohawk.

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]NYISO OATT, 14.1 OATT Att H TSC, 1.0.0; and NYISO OATT, 14.2 OATT Att H Attachment 1 to Att H - NYPA Transmission A, 2.0.0.