FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

  New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

                                                                    Docket No. ER17-1453-000

   Issued:  June 14, 2017

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Blvd

Rensselaer, NY  12144

Attention: Garrett E. Bissell

Senior Attorney

Reference:              Proposed Tariff Revisions to Clarify and Enhance Transmission Constraint Pricing

Dear Mr. Bissell:

On April 21, 2017, you filed, on behalf of New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), proposed revisions to the Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff (Services Tariff) and Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to clarify and enhance the operation of its transmission constraint pricing logic.[1]  You state that the revisions include both enhancements to the current transmission constraint pricing logic, as well as tariff revisions to ensure that the enhanced logic is fully described in the Services Tariff.

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 June 20, 2017, as requested.

The filing was noticed on April 21, 2017, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before May 12, 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 OATT, 1.20 OATT Definitions - T, 9.0.0; NYISO MST, 2.20 MST Definitions - T, 12.0.0; and NYISO MST, 17.1 MST Att B LBMP Calculation, 21.0.0.