Docket No. ER20-659-0001
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Docket No. ER20-659-000
Issued: 2/6/20
James H. Sweeney, Esq.
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
On December 20, 2019, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff and Open Access Transmission Tariff[1] to comply with the Commission’s April 18, 2019 Order on Paper Hearing.[2] NYISO states that the proposed tariff revisions will allow fast-start resources’ commitment costs to be reflected in prices and will allow the relaxation of all dispatchable fast-start resources’ minimum operating limits by up to 100 percent for the purpose of setting prices. The tariff revisions satisfactorily comply with the requirements of the Commission’s April 18, 2019 Order.
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, as requested. NYISO requests a flexible effective date during the fourth quarter of 2020, and will submit a compliance filing providing no less than two weeks’ notice of the proposed effective date of the tariff revisions.
The filing was noticed on December 20, 2019, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before January 10, 2020. 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 NYISO.
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., NYISO Tariffs, NYISO OATT, 1.6 OATT Definitions - F, 7.0.0, NYISO MST, 2.6 MST Definitions - F, 9.0.0, NYISO MST, 4.4 MST Real-Time Markets and Schedules, 34.0.0, NYISO MST, 17.1 MST Att B LBMP Calculation, 25.0.0.
[2] N.Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 167 FERC ¶ 61,057 (2019) (April 18, 2019 Order).