FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER20-194-000

Issued: 12/23/2019

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:   Amended and Restated Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement -
Service Agreement No. 2472

On October 25, 2019, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO)
and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid) filed an
executed Amended and Restated Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement
entered into by NYISO, National Grid, and H.Q. Energy Services (U. S.) Inc. (HQUS)
(Amended Agreement).1  NYISO states that the Amended Agreement supersedes the
Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement among the NYISO, National Grid, and
HQUS (Original Agreement) that was accepted by the Commission on September 26,
2019.  NYISO states that the Amended Agreement updates project milestones from the
Original Agreement to align them with the milestones for related work included in the
executed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance
Agreement filed with the Commission on October 21, 2019 in Docket No. ER20-149-
000.  NYISO also states that the Amended Agreement does not include any non-
conforming variations from the NYISO pro forma LGIA other than those the

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2472, Joint IA Among NYISO, NMPC and HQUS re: Cedar Rapids, 1.0.0.

Docket No. ER20-194-000- 2 -

Commission previously accepted in the Original 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 16, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on October 25, 2019, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before November 15, 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 applicant.

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