Docket No. ER15-2285-001

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc. and Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER15-2285-001

Issued: 11/12/15

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention:Sara B. Keegan, Esq.

Counsel for New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Amanda C. Downey, Esq.

Counsel for National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

Reference:Small Generator Interconnection Agreement

Dear Mses. Keegan and Downey:

On July 27, 2015, as amended on September 22, 2015, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) (Filing Parties) jointly filed an executed Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) among NYISO, Niagara Mohawk and Monroe County, New York (Monroe County) (Interconnection Agreement).[1] The Filing Parties state that the SGIA substantially conforms to the NYISO pro forma SGIA included in Attachment Z of the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) but for one modification agreed to by the parties concerning the Capacity Resource Interconnection Service (CRIS) rights for the expanded landfill gas-to-energy generation facility. The Filing Parties state that, as Monroe County did not elect for NYISO to evaluate under its Class Year Facilities Study process the additional capacity created by the facility’s expansion to 9.6 MW, the facility’s CRIS value will be limited to 6.4 MW unless and until the CRIS value is modified under the applicable provision of the NYISO OATT.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. §375.307, your submittal filed in the above-referenced docket are accepted for filing effective July 13, 2015, as requested.

The filings were noticed on July 28, 2015 and September 22, 2015, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before August 17, 2015 and October 13, 2015, respectively. 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, Niagara Mohawk, or Monroe County.

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 Longo, Director

Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East