Docket No. ER15-1742-000 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and New York Independent System Operator

Docket No. ER15-1742-000

Issued: 6/16/15

National Grid USA Service Company Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention: Amanda C. Downey

Counsel – National Grid USA Service Company Inc.

Reference: Amended Interconnection Agreement

Dear Ms. Downey:

On May 19, 2015, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and the New York Independent System Operator (together, the Filing Parities) filed a revised Interconnection Agreement with General Mills Operations.[1] The Filing Parties state that the revised Interconnection Agreement amends the original Interconnection Agreement to extend its term, update references, and incorporate minor clarifying changes and corrections.

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 1, 2015, as requested.

The filing was noticed on May 19, 2015, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before June 9, 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 the 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,

Kurt M. Longo, Director

Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East