FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

and New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER20-823-000

Issued:  3/5/20 

Christopher J. Novak, Esq.

Senior Counsel

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Small Generator Interconnection Agreement

On January 17, 2020, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed a Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and LaChute Hydro Company, LLC (LaChute Hydro), designated as Service Agreement No. 2511 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1] Niagara Mohawk explains that the Agreement governs the terms and conditions under which LaChute Hydro’s generating facility will interconnect with, and operate in parallel with, the New York State transmission system or the distribution system.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2019), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective December 19, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on January 17, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before February 7, 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 that 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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2511, SGIA SA2511 NMPC and LaChute Hydro, 0.0.0.