Docket No. ER20-9-000 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER20-9-000

Issued: November 27, 2019

Sara B. Keegan

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Christopher J. Novak

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement

On October 1, 2019, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid) (Joint Filing Parties) filed an executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement entered into among NYISO, National Grid, and Cassadaga Wind LLC (Cassadaga).[1] The Joint Filing Parties state that the filing contains non-conforming language, including limited operation of the Cassadaga facility pending certain upgrades, and ministerial changes.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2019), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective September 17, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on October 1, 2019, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before October 22, 2019. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2019)), 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 the Joint Filing Parties.

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