FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

The New York Independent System Operator and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER13-818-000

Docket No. ER13-818-001

4/30/13

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA 02451 

Attention: Amanda C. Downey

           Counsel for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Reference:              Original Service Agreement No. 1951

Dear Ms. Downey:

On January 29, 2013, you filed on behalf of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) a Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (National Grid) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA).  This Reimbursement Agreement is an undisputed agreement which sets the terms and conditions by which NYPA will pay or reimburse National Grid for actual costs and expenses incurred in connection with work performed to facilitate the elimination of potential line clearance concerns regarding NYPA transmission facilities that pass above facilities owned or operated by National Grid[1].

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 November 9, 2012, as requested.

The filing was noticed on January 29, 2013, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before February 19, 2013[2].  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2012)), 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 National Grid.

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] The filing was amended to provide legible versions of Schedules E and F.

[2] The amendment was submitted on March 28, 2013 with comments, interventions and protests due on or before April 18, 2013; none were submitted.