Docket No. ER15-2345-0001

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER15-2345-000

Issued: 9/17/17

Hunton & Williams LLP

Riverfront Plaza, East Tower

951 East Byrd Street

Richmond, VA 23219-4074

Attention:Ms. Heather S. Glass

Counsel for New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Reference:Tariff Revisions to Create an Independent Mechanism for Recovery of Annual FERC Fee

Dear Ms. Glass:

On July 31, 2015, you filed, on behalf of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), revisions to Rate Schedule 1 of its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] You state that the filing proposes to create an independent mechanism for recovering NYISO’s share of the Commission’s costs assessed under Part 382 of the Commission’s regulations (the “annual FERC fee”). You explain that separating the recovery of the annual FERC fee from the recovery of NYISO’s operating costs in its operating budget will enhance budgeting and management of costs and cash flows. You further state that the filing also proposes to: (i) revise the definitions of certain terms and (ii) make a few ministerial revisions.

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 January 1, 2016, as requested.

The filing was noticed on July 31, 2015, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before August 21, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2015)), 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.

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