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 Nos. ER16-2287-000 and

  ER16-2287-001

Issued:  9/12/16   

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention:Amanda C. Downey

                      Counsel for National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

Reference:SGIA with Innovative/Colonie, LLC

Dear Ms. Downey:

On July 26, 2016, and as amended on July 27, 2016,  Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) submitted for filing an executed Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) between Niagara Mohawk and Innovative/Colonie, LLC (Innovative/Colony), to be designated as Service Agreement No. 2293 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (NYISO) Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] You state that the service agreement closely conforms to the pro forma SGIA laid out in NYISO OATT Attachment Z, with only minor modifications.[2]  You state that modifications include, among other things, the elimination of NYISO as a party to the agreement and revisions to reflect the fact that the generating facility is an existing facility.

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, with the executed interconnection Agreement effective September 26, 2016.[3]

The filings were noticed on July 26, 2016, and July 28, 2016, respectively, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before August 17, 2016.  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2016)) 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 or Niagara Mohawk.

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., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2293, SGIA No. 2293 between National Grid and Innovative/Colonie, 0.1.0.

[2] NYISO OATT, 32 OATT Attachment Z - Small Generator Interconnection Proce, 0.0.0.

[3] Contrary to the requirements of section 35.3 of the Commission’s regulations (18 C.F.R. § 35.3), Niagara Mohawk failed to file the agreement in a timely manner.  Niagara Mohawk is reminded that it must submit required filings on a timely basis or face possible sanctions by the Commission.