Docket No. ER18-1994-0001
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. ER18-1994-000
Issued: 8/20/18
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.
Counsel for New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
David C. Lodemore, Esq.
Counsel for National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
Reference:Small Generator Interconnection Agreement
Dear Ms. Keegan and Mr. Downey:
On July 11, 2018, as amended on July 27, 2015, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) (Filing Parties) jointly filed an executed Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) among NYISO, Niagara Mohawk and Monroe County, New York (Monroe County) (Interconnection Agreement).[1] The Filing Parties state that the SGIA substantially conforms to the NYISO pro forma SGIA included in Attachment Z of the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and made modifications (See Attachment), agreed to by the parties concerning the Capacity Resource Interconnection Service (CRIS) rights for the expanded landfill gas-to-energy generation facility. Further, the Joint Filing Parties request a waiver of the Commission’s prior notice requirements to allow an effective date of June 26, 2018, which is the date of the Interconnection Agreement’s full execution.
Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. §375.307, your submittal filed in the above-referenced docket are accepted for filing effective June 26, 2018, as requested.
The filings were noticed on July 11, 2018, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before August 1, 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, Niagara Mohawk, or Monroe County.
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
Attachment:
The NYISO, National Grid, and Monroe County have made the following modifications to the Original Agreement to ensure consistency with the current Pro Forma SGIA and to reflect the modification to the proposed Facility described in the Original Agreement:
- Modifications to reflect revisions to the Pro Forma SGIA that have been approved by the Commission since the execution of the Original Agreement;
- Modifications to reflect that this is the “Amended and Restated” Agreement;
- Revisions to the Project Description, Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities, and Connecting Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities provided in Attachment 2 to remove references to the Facility’s expansion anticipated in the Original Agreement;
- Deletion of the Scope of Work and Responsibilities and Cost Estimate of Connecting Transmission Owner’s Interconnection Facilities from Attachment 2 to reflect that no new facilities will be designed or constructed;
- Insertion of updated one-line diagram in Attachment 3;
- Revision of milestones associated with the Facility in Attachment 4; and
- Deletion of the description of System Upgrade Facilities, Elective System Upgrade Facilities, and the cost estimates related thereto from Attachment 6 to remove references to the Facility’s expansion anticipated in the Original Agreement.