Docket No. ER15-1835-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Issued: 7/15/15
National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
40 Sylvan Road
Waltham, MA 02451
Attorney for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid
Reference:Amended and Restated Large Generator Interconnection Agreement
On June 2, 2015, you filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid), an Amended and Restated Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) between National Grid and Fortistar North Tonawanda Inc. (Fortistar) which will provide for continued interconnection service to a generating facility owned by Fortistar. You state that the LGIA differs from the pro forma LGIA in that it is a two-party agreement between the transmission owner, National Grid, and the generating facility owner, Fortistar. You also state that the LGIA will be Service Agreement No. 2220 under New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[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 June 1, 2015, as requested.
The filing was noticed on June 2, 2015, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before June 23, 2015. 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 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,
Regulation – East
[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, SA 2220 NMPC Fortistar, LGIA (SA 2220) between NMPC and Fortistar North Tonawanda, 0.0.0.