Docket No. ER17-1629-001  1

 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

 

 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER17-1629-001

 

Issued:  7/20/17 

 

 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Blvd.

Rensselaer, NY 12144

 

Attention: Garrett E. Bissell

Senior Attorney

Reference:              Western New York Facilities Charge Rate Schedule

 

Dear Mr. Bissell:

 

On May 19, 2017, as amended on May 22, 2017, you filed, on behalf of National Grid, a new rate schedule to the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (NYISO) Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to establish the Western New York Facilities Charge.[1]  You state that the rate schedule will allow National Grid to recover costs related to certain upgrades to non-bulk transmission facilities recommended by NYISO and found by the New York State Public Service Commission to be needed in connection with any selected Public Policy Transmission Project.  You also state that the Western New York Facilities Charge will be allocated to appropriate load-serving entities consistent with the cost allocation methodology to be approved by the Commission for recovering the costs of the developer selected to build a specified Western New York Public Policy Transmission Project. 

 

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, PJM’s submittal is accepted for filing, effective July 18, 2017, as requested. 

 

The filing was noticed on May 22, 2017, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before June 12, 2017Pursuant 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, OATT 6.17, OATT 6.17 Schedule 17 - Rate Mechanism for the Recovery of t, 0.1.0.