FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

                                                                              Docket No. ER13-1390-000

Issued:  6/14/13 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard 

Rensselaer, NY 12144 

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA 02451 

Attention:Sara B. Keegan

Counsel for the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Amanda C. Downey

Counsel for National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

Reference:Large Generator Interconnection Agreement

Dear Ms. Downey:

On May 1, 2013, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid) (collectively, the Filing Parties) submitted an executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) among the NYISO, National Grid, and Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP (Erie Blvd. Hydro).[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 April 17, 2013, as requested.

The filing was noticed on May 2, 2013, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before May 22, 2013.  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2013)), 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] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 1952, LGIA 1952 among NYISO, NiMo and Erie Blvd Hydropower, 0.0.0.