Docket No. ER16-959-001 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER16-959-001

Issued: 3/2/17

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Blvd

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Attention: Gloria Kavanah

Counsel

Reference: Notice of Effective Date

Dear Ms. Kavanah:

On February 3, 2017, you filed, on behalf of New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), a notice of effective date.[1] You state that on March 22, 2016, the Commission accepted proposed tariff revisions and NYISO’s request for a flexible effective date for the proposed revisions, conditioned upon NYISO submitting a further filing with no less than two weeks’ notice of the proposed effective date. You further state that in compliance with the March 22 Order, NYISO provides notice to the Commission that Class Year 2015 was completed February 2, 2017, and that the effective date for the applicable tariff revisions to NYISO’s Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff is therefore February 17, 2017.

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 February 17, 2017, as requested.

The filing was noticed on February 3, 2017, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before February 24, 2017. 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.

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