FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER17-1703-000

Issued:  7/24/17            

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Attention:Sara B. Keegan

Senior Attorney

National Grid USA

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention:Amanda C. Downey

Counsel for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Reference:Executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement among the New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, and Copenhagen Wind Farm, LLC

Dear Ms. Keegan and Ms. Downey:

On May 30, 2017, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed an executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement entered into by NYISO, Niagara Mohawk, as the Connecting Transmission Owner, and Copenhagen Wind Farm, LLC (Copenhagen), as the Developer (the Interconnection Agreement).[1]  You explain that, with one limited non-conforming exception, the Interconnection Agreement conforms to NYISO’s pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement contained in Attachment X to the Open Access Transmission 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 May 15, 2017, as requested.

The filing was noticed on May 30, 2017, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before June 20, 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, Niagara Mohawk or Copenhagen.

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 Longo, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation – East

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2334, Agreement No. 2334 among NYISO, NMPC & Copenhagen Wind Farm, 0.0.0.