Docket No. ER15-1846-000 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc., and

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Docket No. ER15-1846-000

Issued: 7/17/15

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

4 Irving Place

New York, NY 10003

Attention:Ray Stalter

Director of Regulatory Affairs

Marc Richter, Esq.

Vice President, Regulatory Services

Reference:Interconnection Agreement

Dear Mr. Stalter and Mr. Richter:

On June 3, 2015, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed, on behalf of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), an executed Interconnection Agreement (Agreement) between Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) and Con Edison.[1] The filing states that the Agreement provides for the interconnection of a Con Edison owned transmission line to certain flex links connectors within the Sugarloaf Substation that is owned by O&R.

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 4, 2015, as requested.

The filing was noticed on June 3, 2015, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before June 24, 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 NYISO or Con Edison.

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