FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

                                      Docket No. ER17-549-001

Issued:  3/28/17 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Blvd

Rensselaer, NY  12144

Attention: Gregory J. Campbell

Attorney

Reference:              Notice of Effective Date

Dear Mr. Campbell:

On February 14, 2017, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed a notice of effective date,[1] in compliance with the Commission’s January 31, 2017 order,[2] which accepted revisions to NYISO’s Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff to improve the pricing logic used for Fixed Block Unit natural gas-fired turbine generators in NYISO’s Real-Time Dispatch software, subject to NYISO notifying the Commission of the date on which the revisions will take effect.

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 28, 2017, as requested.

The filing was noticed on February 15, 2017, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before March 7, 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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Tariffs, NYISO MST, 4.4 MST Real-Time Markets and Schedules, 28.0.0, NYISO MST, 15.4 MST Rate Schedule 4 - Payments for Supplying Operating, 16.0.0 and NYISO MST, 17.1 MST Att B LBMP Calculation, 20.0.0.

[2] See N.Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER17-549-000 (Jan. 31, 2017) (delegated letter order).