FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER13-822-000

3/27/13

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA 02451 

Attention: Amanda C. Downey

           Counsel for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Reference:              Amended and Restated Special Protection System Engineering, Construction, and Implementation Agreement

Dear Ms. Downey:

On January 29, 2013, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (National Grid), an Amended and Restated Special Protection System Engineering, Construction, and Implementation Agreement (Amended and Restated Agreement) between National Grid and New Athens Generating Company, LLC (Athens).  The Amended and Restated Agreement is an undisputed agreement under which National Grid will engineer, construct, and implement a redundant Special Protection System configuration on the transmission system owned by National Grid, in order to improve the deliverability of Athens’ electric generating facility located in Athens, New York. 

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 March 31, 2013, as requested.

The filing was noticed on January 30, 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 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