FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER19-589-000

Issued:  2/1/19 

Sara B. Keegan, Counsel

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Renesselaer, NY 12144

Reference:              Small Generator Interconnection Agreement

On December 18, 2018, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) submitted an executed Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (Interconnection Agreement) among NYISO, Long Island Lighting Company d/b/a LIPA (LIPA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Long Island Power Authority, and Riverhead Solar Farm, LLC .[1]  NYISO states that it is submitting this Interconnection Agreement because it contains non-conforming language that, among other things, recognizes LIPA’s status as a non-jurisdictional municipal utility.  Further NYISO requests waiver of the Commission’s prior notice requirement to make the Interconnection Agreement effective as of the date of its 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 is accepted for filing, effective November 29, 2018, as requested.

The filing was noticed on December 18, 2018, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before January 8, 2019.  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 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.             

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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2436, SGIA among NYISO, LIPA and Riverhead Solar Farm, 0.0.0.