Docket No. ER17-295-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
Issued: 12/19/16
Bracewell LLP
2001 M Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
Counsel to New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
Reference:Filing of Executed Cost Reimbursement Agreement with National Grid
On November 2, 2016, you filed, on behalf of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG), a Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) by and between NYSEG and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (d/b/a National Grid), under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] You explain that the charges covered by the Reimbursement Agreement reflect work to be carried out by NYSEG at the request and expense of National Grid near its 115kV substation in West Seneca, New York.
Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2016), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective October 7, 2016, as requested.
The filing was noticed on November 9, 2016, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before November 23, 2016. Pursuant to 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 NYSEG.
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 (2016).
Sincerely,
Regulation – East
[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2319, CRA No. 2319 between NYSEG and National Grid, 0.0.0.