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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. ER20-178-000

Issued: December 20, 2019

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

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference: Cost Reimbursement Agreement

On October 24, 2019, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara

Mohawk) filed a Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and O’Brien and Gere Inc. of North America (O’Brien and Gere).1 You state that the Reimbursement Agreement facilitates the
performance of certain work that O’Brien and Gere requested Niagara Mohawk to do to remove and modify certain transmission structures and related facilities on a transmission line owned by Niagara Mohawk.

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 September 25, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on October 24, 2019, with comments, interventions,
and protests due on or before November 14, 2019. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R.
§ 385.214 (2019)), to the extent that any timely filed motions to intervene and any

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements,

Agreement No. 2486, Cost Reimbursement Agreement NMPC and OBrien and Gere,

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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