FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent

System Operator, Inc.

Docket Nos. ER13-736-000

         ER13-736-001

Issued:  3/1/13

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA  02541 

Attention: Amanda C. Downey

Attorney for National Grid

Reference:              Revised Large Generator Interconnection Agreements

Dear Ms. Downey:

On January 9, 2013, as amended on January 29, 2013, you filed on behalf of National Grid proposed revisions to three Larger Generator Interconnection Agreements (LGIAs) between National Grid and the following Alliance Energy generator subsidiaries: Sterling Power Partners, L.P.[1]; AG Energy, L.P.[2] and Seneca Power Partners.[3]  You state that the revisions to the LGIAs extend the term of service, and include other non-substantive updates.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. §375.307, your submittals are accepted for filing, effective June 8, 2012, as requested.

Docket No. ER13-736-000 was noticed on January 9, 2013, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before January 30, 2013.  Docket No. ER13-736-001 was noticed on January 29, 2013, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before February 19, 2013.  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 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] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 1144, SG-1144 LGIA between NiMo, Alliance Energy, Sterling Power, 1.0.0

[2] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 1145, SG-1145 LGIA between AG Energy L.P. and NiMo, 1.1.0

[3] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 1146, SG-1146 LGIA between Seneca Power Partner and NiMo, 1.0.0