FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

New York Transco, LLC

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

New York State Electric and Gas Corporation

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

Docket No.  ER15-572-005

Issued: May 18, 2016

Winston & Strawn LLP

1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

Attention:Elias G. Farrah, Esq.

Counsel for New York Transco, LLC

Reference:Compliance Filing

Dear Mr. Farrah:

On April 12, 2016, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), submitted on behalf of New York Transco, LLC, Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp., Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (collectively, NY Transco), revisions to NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff[1] in compliance with a settlement agreement and the Commission’s order approving the settlement agreement.[2]  The tariff revisions satisfactorily comply with the requirements of the settlement agreement and the Commission’s order in this proceeding.

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 April 3, 2015, consistent with the settlement agreement terms.

The filing was noticed on April 12, 2016, and an errata notice was issued on April 13, 2016, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before May 3, 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 and NY Transco.

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 Tariffs, NYISO OATT, 6.13 OATT Rate Schedule 13 – Rate Mechanism for the Recovery, 1.0.0, and NYISO OATT, 36 OATT Attachment DD - Rules to Allocate the Cost of NY Tra, 2.0.0.

[2] New York Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 154 FERC ¶ 61,196 (2016).