FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc. and New York

Power Authority

Docket No. ER13-1905-000

Issued:  9/4/13

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard 

Rensselaer, NY 12144 

New York Power Authority

123 Main Street 

White Plains, NY 10601 

Attention:Sara B. Keegan

Counsel for New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Andrew F. Neuman

Special Counsel for New York Power Authority

Reference:Second Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection

  Agreement

Dear Ms. Keegan and Mr. Neuman:

On July 8, 2013, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and New York Power Authority (NYPA) (collectively, the Joint Filing Parties) filed an executed Second Amended and Restated Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) among NYISO, NYPA and Marble River, LLC (Marble River) (Second Amended Agreement).[1] The Joint Filing Parties state that the Second Amended Agreement updates figures, milestones, and contact information in the appendices.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. §375.307, your submittal filed in the above-referenced docket is accepted for filing, effective June 19, 2013.

The filing was noticed on July 8, 2013, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before July 29, 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 the Joint Filing Parties.

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. 1774, LGIA among NYISO, NYPA and Marble River, LLC, 2.0.0.