FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER19-132-001

Issued: February 26, 2019

Garrett E. Bissell, Esq.

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Daniel Galaburda, Esq.

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Compliance Filing for Revised Depreciation Rates

              On December 20, 2018, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), revised tariff records[1] to add depreciation rates for General Plant, Common Plant, and Intangible Plant to Niagara Mohawk’s Wholesale Transmission Service Charge formula rate to comply with the requirements of the Commission’s December 4, 2018 order in this proceeding.[2]   Your filing satisfactorily complies with the requirements of Commission’s December 4, 2018 order.

  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, as requested. 

The filing was noticed on December 20, 2018, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before January 10, 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 that 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.

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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Tariffs, NYISO OATT, 14.1 OATT Att H TSC, 24.0.0, NYISO OATT, 14.1 OATT Att H TSC, 25.0.0, and NYISO OATT, 14.1 OATT Att H TSC, 26.0.0.

[2] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER19-132-000 (December 4, 2018) (delegated letter order).