Docket No. ER19-138-0001

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER19-138-000

Issued: December 4, 2018

Garrett E. Bissell, Esq.

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, New York 12144

Reference:Revisions to Table 1A of Attachment L of the OATT

On October 18, 2018, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed proposed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to update certain information for Contract Nos. 189.1 and 190.1 in Table 1A of Attachment L of the OATT (Table 1A).[1] NYISO states that on August 8, 2017, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) requested that NYISO revise the termination/expiration dates for Contract Nos. 189.1 and 190.1 from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2027, in connection with the power supply service provided by NYPA to certain governmental customers located in southeastern New York including, but not limited to, the City of New York, the New York City Housing Authority, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the County of Westchester. NYISO also states that in connection with the 10-year extension of the related power supply arrangement, NYPA extended the term of the underlying transmission service provided by Contract Nos.189.1 and 190.1 for a comparable period.

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 December 18, 2018, as requested.

The filing was noticed on October 18, 2018, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before November 8, 2018. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2018)), 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 that 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.

Issued by: Kurt M. Longo, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East