Docket No. ER19-1468-000 - 2 -

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

and New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER19-1468-000

Issued: 5/16/19

Christopher J. Novak, Esq.

Senior Counsel

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Cost Reimbursement Agreement

On March 29, 2019, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed a Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and the New York Power Authority (NYPA).[1] Niagara Mohawk states that NYPA is proposing to replace one of the shield wires on the 345 kV Gilboa-New Scotland Line #1, which connects the NYPA Gilboa Station with Niagara Mohawk’s New Scotland Station with optical ground wire. Niagara Mohawk further states that, pursuant to the Reimbursement Agreement, NYPA will reimburse Niagara Mohawk for the actual costs and expenses incurred in connection with this work. Niagara Mohawk also states that the Reimbursement Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of this work and services and certain related commitments by NYPA.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2018), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective March 1, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on March 29, 2019, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 19, 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 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