Docket No. ER17-386-0011
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Issued: 5/19/17
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Blvd.
Rensselaer, New York 12144
Senior Attorney for the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Reference:Installed Capacity Demand Curve Compliance Filing
On February 15, 2017, you filed, on behalf of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), to revise the New York Control Area Installed Capacity Demand Curve parameters and related inputs.[1] You explain that the revisions address the Commission’s directive in an order[2] issued January 17, 2017, to remove selective catalytic reduction emissions controls from the peaking plant design for this capacity region.
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 January 17, 2017, as requested.
The filing was noticed on February 15, 2017, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before March 8, 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, 5.14 MST Installed Capacity Spot Market Auction and Installe, 20.0.0.
[2] N.Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 158 FERC ¶ 61,028 (2017).