FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

                                                                   Docket No. ER14-2506-000

Issued: September 3, 2014

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Blvd.

Rensselaer, NY  12144

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA  02451

Attention: James H. Sweeney, Esq.

Attorney for New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Amanda C. Downey, Esq.

           Attorney for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. d/b/a/ National Grid

Reference:              Cost Reimbursement Service Agreement No. 2135.

Dear Mr. Sweeney and Ms. Downey:

On July 25, 2014, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) submitted for filing, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (NiMo), a Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between NiMo and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1]  You state the Reimbursement Agreement facilitates the work RG&E has requested NiMo to perform with respect to NiMo’s Mortimer Station, Station 251 and related portions of transmission lines/circuits and equipment located inside the property line of the substation in order for RG&E to build a new substation to supply the University of Rochester.[2] 

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, 2014, as requested.

The filing was noticed on July 25, 2014, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before August 15, 2014. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2014)), 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 NiMo.

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., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2135, Cost Reimbursement Agreement 2135 between NiMo & RG&E, 0.0.0.

[2] It appears that contrary to the requirements of section 35.3 of the Commission’s regulations, 18 C.F.R. § 35.3 (2014), NiMo failed to file the Reimbursement Agreement in a timely manner.   NiMo is reminded that it must submit required filings on a timely basis, or face possible sanctions by the Commission.