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Docket No. ER18-1408-000
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Docket No. ER18-1408-000
Issued: 6/13/18
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Attention: James H. Sweeney
Senior Attorney
Reference: Solar Energy Forecasting
Dear Mr. Sweeney:
On April 20, 2018, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), filed proposed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff (Services Tariff), related to NYISO’s solar energy forecasting for the New York Control Area (NYCA).[1] NYISO states that the proposed amendments address: (i) charges to Intermittent Power Resources that depend on solar energy as their fuel and directly participate in the NYISO-administered wholesale markets for the forecasting service costs incurred by the NYISO; and (ii) requirements for such resources to provide certain meteorological data utilized in the forecasting.
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, 2018, as requested.
The filing was noticed on April 20, 2018, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before May 11, 2018. 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