Docket No. ER18-279-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
Operator, Inc.
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Issued: 12/20/17
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
40 Sylvan Road
Waltham, MA 02451
Attention:Sara B. Keegan, Esq.
Senior Attorney, New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Christopher J. Novak, Esq.
Senior Counsel, National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
Reference:Service Agreement No. 2386
Dear Ms. Keegan and Mr. Novak:
On November 9, 2017, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), a Reimbursement Agreement (Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission, LLC (MAIT).[1] You explain that the purpose of the Agreement is to facilitate the performance of certain work that Niagara Mohawk is required to do as a result of MAIT’s upgrades to its Erie East 230kV Substation.
Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2017), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective October 11, 2017, as requested.
The filing was noticed on November 9, 2017, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before November 30, 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 or Niagara Mohawk.
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,
Regulation – East
[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2386, Reimbursement Agreement between NMPC and MAIT, 0.0.0.