FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

                  Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

                                                                                     New York System Operator, Inc.

                                                                                    Docket No. ER13-160-000

                   Issued:  12/13/12

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard 

Rensselaer, NY 12144 

Attn:Sara B. Keegan

Senior Attorney

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA  02451-1120 

Attn:Amanda C. Downey

Counsel

Reference:Large Generator Interconnection Agreement

Dear Mss. Keegan and Downey:

On October 19, 2012, New York Independent Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (NiMo) jointly filed an executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) among NYISO, NiMo as the transmission owner, and Allegany Wind, LLC as the developer.[1]  The filing states that this interconnection agreement is being submitted because it modifies an outdated reference to Northeast Power Coordination Council criteria.

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 June 22, 2012, as requested.

The filing was noticed on October 19, 2012, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before November 9, 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 NYISO or NiMo.

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] Agreement No. 1916, LGIA among NYISO, NiMo and Allegany Wind, LLC, 0.0.0, under NYISO Agreements.