FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

Docket No. ER20-532-000

Issued:  1/16/20 

Justin Atkins, Esq.

Avangrid Service Company

One City Center, 5th Floor

Portland, Maine 04101

Reference:Utility Services Agreement

On December 6, 2019, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) filed a Utility Services Agreement between NYSEG and NextEra Energy Transmission of New York, Inc. (NEETNY), designated as Service Agreement No. 2497 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1]  You state that the Utility Services Agreement outlines certain services NYSEG or its affiliates or contractors will perform for NEETNY as part of the Empire State Line Project.

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 November 11, 2019, as requested. 

The filing was noticed on December 6, 2019, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before December 27, 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 NYSEG.

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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2497, NYSEG-NEETNY Utlty Srvcs Agrmnt SA2497, 0.0.0.