FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc.,

Docket No. ER16-1230-000

Issued:  5/6/16 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

c/o Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

89 East Avenue

Rochester, NY  14649

Davis Wright Tremaine LLLP

21st Floor

1251 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, NY  10020-1104

Attention:Christopher R. Sharp, Esq.

Counsel for New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

                       Jeffrey A. Rosenbloom, Esq.

                       Counsel for New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

                       Carlos E. Gutierrez, Esq.

                       Counsel for Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company

Reference: Transmission Facility Interconnection Agreement

Dear Mr. Sharp, Mr. Rosenbloom, and Mr. Gutierrez:

On March 18, 2016, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed an executed Transmission Facility Interconnection Agreement (Agreement) between and among New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG), Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company (TrAILCo) and NYISO, under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1]  The filing states that the Agreement concerns the construction and interconnection of a substation, which will be owned by TrAILCo and under the operational control of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), with a transmission line owned by NYSEG and under the operational control of the NYISO.   

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 March 19, 2016, as requested.

The filing was noticed on March 18, 2016, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 8, 2016.  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, NYSEG, and TrAILCo.

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, SA No. 2257, Executed IA among NYSEG, TrAILCO, and NYISO SA No. 2257, 0.0.0 .