Docket No. ER19-1581-0002

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER19-1581-000

Issued: 5/21/19

Amie Jamieson

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Reference: Revisions to Modify the Fixed Price Transmission Congestion Contract Credit Requirement

On April 16, 2019, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff,[1] to align its credit requirement for Fixed Price Transmission Congestion Contracts with the credit requirement for all other Transmission Congestion Contracts. Specifically, the credit requirement for Fixed Price Transmission Congestion Contracts will be calculated based on market clearing prices from the most recent Transmission Congestion Contract auctions as well as recalculated over the term of the Transmission Congestion Contract.

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 on June 18, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on April 16, 2019, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before May 7, 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