FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER14-2620-000

                                                                             Issued:  9/24/14   

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA  02451

Attention:Amanda C. Downey, Esq.

Attorney for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Reference:Notice of Cancellation of Service Agreement No. 1630

Dear Ms. Downey:

On August 8, 2014, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed a notice of cancellation of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services Agreement (EPC Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and Beacon Power Corporation.[1]  You state that Niagara Mohawk has received final payment under the EPC Agreement.     

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 August 9, 2014, as requested.

The filing was noticed on August 11, 2014, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before August 29, 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 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 P. Gadani, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation – East

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Svc Agrmnt No 1630, Stephentown Svc Agrmnt NiMo and Beacon Power - Body, 1.0.0, Svc Agrmnt No 1630, Stephentown Svc Agrmnt NiMo and Beacon Power - Att 1, 1.0.0, Svc Agrmnt No 1630, Stephentown Svc Agrmnt NiMo and Beacon Power - Att 2, 1.0.0.