Docket No. ER20-161-0002

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. ER20-161-000

Issued: 12/12/19

Christopher J. Novak, Esq.

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Amended Engineering and Procurement Agreement

On October 22, 2019, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed an amended Engineering and Procurement Agreement (Amended E&P Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and Invenergy Wind Development LLC, designated as Service Agreement No. 2471 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1] You state that the Amended E&P Agreement is an undisputed agreement to update the scope of work specified in Exhibit A to the original E&P 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 October 1, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on October 22, 2019, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before November 12, 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 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