FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

  Operator, Inc.

                                                                  Docket No. ER16-1627-000

   Issued:  6/6/16 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

2750 Monroe Blvd.

Audubon, PA  19403

Attention: Sara Branch Keegan, Esq.

Senior Attorney

Reference:              Tariff Revisions Regarding Interconnection Process Improvements

Dear Ms. Keegan:

On May 5, 2016, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed proposed revisions to the interconnection procedures set forth in section 25 of Attachment S to the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] NYISO states that the proposed changes would provide flexibility to both large facility project developers and small generating facility project developers wishing to enter a Class Year Study by providing additional time to meet certain regulatory milestones.

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 July 5, 2016, as requested.

The filing was noticed on May 5, 2016, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before May 26, 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.

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, 25.6 OATT Att S Cost Allocation Methodology For ERIS, 3.0.0.