FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid

Docket No. ER15-2152-000              

Issued:  9/3/15

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention: Amanda C. Downey

           Attorney for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid

Reference:Amended Cost Reimbursement Agreement

Dear Ms. Downey:

On July 10, 2015, you filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid), an Amended Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Amended Reimbursement Agreement) between National Grid and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E), designated as National Grid Service Agreement No. 2135 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1]  You state that the Amended Reimbursement Agreement facilitates the performance of certain work that RG&E has requested National Grid to perform with respect to National Grid’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 May 29, 2015, as requested.[3]

The filing was noticed on July 10, 2015, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before July 31, 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,

Kurt M. Longo, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation – East

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2135, Cost Reimbursement Agreement between Niagara Mohawk & RG&E, 1.0.0.

[2] The Commission accepted the Original Cost Reimbursement Agreement, effective March 31, 2014, by letter order in Docket No. ER14-2506-000, on September 3, 2014.

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