Docket No. ER18-1888-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk
Power Corporation
Issued: 8/2/18
National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
40 Sylvan Road
Waltham, MA 02451
Attention:Christopher J. Novak
Senior Counsel for National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
Reference:Notice of Cancellation
On June 29, 2018, you submitted, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), a notice of cancellation of the Amended and Restated Interconnection Agreement (Service Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and Tug Hill Energy, Inc. (Tug Hill).[1] You state that Tug Hill provided written notice that the Service Agreement is to be terminated effective August 24, 2017.
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 August 24, 2017, as requested.
The filing was noticed on June 29, 2018, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before July 20, 2018. 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 (2017).
Sincerely,
Regulation – East