Docket No. ER19-1401-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Issued: May 7, 2019
Sara B. Keegan, Esq.
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
40 Sylvan Road
Waltham, MA 02451
Reference:Cost Reimbursement Agreement between Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley
On March 21, 2019, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), an executed Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley (Greenway Conservancy), designated as Service Agreement No 2447.[1] You state that the Agreement facilitates the performance of certain work and services that Greenway Conservancy has requested Niagara Mohawk to perform to accommodate the Greenway Conservancy’s installation of improvements in connection with the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail.
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 February 19, 2019.
The filing was noticed on March 21, 2019, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 11, 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 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 Agreements, Agreement No. 2447, CRA between NMPC and Greenway Conservancy for Hudson River, 0.0.0.