FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

 

 

New York Independent System Operator,
Inc.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Docket No. ER19-2467-000

 

Issued:  9/11/19

 

Christopher J. Novak, Esq. National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

 

Reference:    Engineering and Procurement Agreement

 

On July 26, 2019, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk)
filed an Engineering and Procurement Agreement (E&P Agreement) between
Niagara Mohawk and Invenergy Wind Development LLC (Invenergy) (together,
the Parties), designated as Service Agreement No. 2471 under the New York
Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.1  You state
that the E&P Agreement facilitates Niagara Mohawk’s performance of engineering
and procurement work for certain long-lead items in connection with an
interconnection project prior to the Parties entering into a Large Generator
Interconnection Agreement.

 

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 June 25, 2019, as requested.

 

 

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2471, E&P Agreement (SA 2471) NMPC and Invenergy Wind, 0.0.0.


 

 

Docket No. ER19-2467-0002

 

The filing was noticed on July 26, 2019, with comments, interventions, and
protests due on or before August 16, 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 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