FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER17-2151-000

Issued:  9/8/17

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Renesselaer, NY 12144

Van Ness Feldman, LLP

1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW Washington, DC 20007

Attention:Sara B. Keegan

Counsel for New York Independent Operator, Inc.

Joseph B. Nelson

Counsel for Long Island Power Authority and LIPA

Reference:   Large Generator Interconnection Agreement Dear Ms. Keegan and Mr. Nelson:

On July 26, 2017, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO)

submitted an executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) among

NYISO, Long Island Lighting Company d/b/a LIPA (LIPA), a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Long Island Power Authority, and Shoreham Solar Commons LLC.1  NYISO
states that it is submitting this LGIA because it contains non-conforming language that,
among other things, recognizes LIPA’s status as a non-jurisdictional municipal utility.

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

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff,

NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2344, LGIA No. 2344 among NYISO, LIPA and Shoreham, 0.0.0.

2

Docket No. ER17-2151-000

Regulation - East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, your submittal is accepted for filing, effective July 11, 2017, as requested.

The filing was noticed on July 27, 2017, with comments, interventions and

protests due on or before August 16, 2017.  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2017)), 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