FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER12-2414-004

Issued:  1/15/16

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Attention: Gloria Kavanah

           Senior Attorney, New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Reference:Compliance Filing in Docket Nos. EL11-42-001, ER12-2414-000, -001, and -002

Dear Ms. Kavanah:

On June 1, 2015, as amended on June 3, 2015, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) submitted compliance revisions in response to the Commission’s April 16, 2015 order[1] related to NYISO’s buyer-side capacity market power mitigation (BSM) rules.[2]  You state that the proposed tariff revisions are consistent with the Commission’s April 16 Order.

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, as requested.

The filing was noticed on June 4, 2015, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before June 24, 2015.  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2014)), 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] Astoria Generating Company, et al. v. New York Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 151 FERC ¶ 61,043 (2015) (April 16 Order).
 

[2] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Tariffs, NYISO MST, 23.2 MST Att H Conduct Warranting Mitigation (2), 13.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.2 MST Att H Conduct Warranting Mitigation (2), 14.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.2 MST Att H Conduct Warranting Mitigation (2), 15.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.2 MST Att H Conduct Warranting Mitigation (2), 16.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.2 MST Att H Conduct Warranting Mitigation (2), 17.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures (2), 28.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures, 29.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures, 30.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures, 31.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures, 32.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures, 33.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures, 34.0.0; NYISO MST, 23.4 MST Att H Mitigation Measures, 35.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 32.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 33.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 34.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 35.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 36.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 37.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 38.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 39.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 40.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.4 MST Att O Market Monitoring Unit, 41.0.0; NYISO MST, 30.10 MST Att O Reports, 6.0.0; and NYISO MST, 30.10 MST Att O Reports, 7.0.0.