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. ER13-1000-000

Issued: April 11, 2013

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA 02451 

Attention: Amanda C. Downey, Esq.

Counsel for National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

Reference:Large Generator Interconnection Agreement No. 1954

Dear Ms. Downey:

On February 27, 2013, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk), a nonconforming Large Generator Interconnection Agreement between Niagara Mohawk and Indeck-Olean Limited Partnership (LGIA).[1]  You state that the LGIA is a two-party agreement that provides for the continued interconnection service of the existing Indeck-Olean Energy Center using the transmission system owned by Niagara Mohawk.  

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 December 26, 2012, as requested.

The filing was noticed on February 28, 2013, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before March 20, 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 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] LGIA No. 1954 among NiMo and Indeck-Olean Limited Partnership under NYISO’s NYISO Agreements.