Docket No. ER20-533-0011

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation & New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER20-533-001

Issued: 3/25/2020

Christopher J. Novak

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Small Generator Interconnection Agreement – Service Agreement No. 2498

On December 6, 2019, as amended on January 28, 2020, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed a revised Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) between Niagara Mohawk and GR Catalyst Two LLC (GR Catalyst Two), designated as Service Agreement No. 2498 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1] Niagara Mohawk states that the SGIA provides that Niagara Mohawk will bill GR Catalyst Two for the design, engineering, construction, and procurement costs of interconnection facilities and upgrades contemplated by the SGIA, and that GR Catalyst Two is responsible for its share of all reasonable expenses associated with operating, maintaining, repairing, and replacing the Niagara Mohawk interconnection facilities defined in the SGIA.

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 26, 2019, as requested.

The filing was noticed on January 28, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before February 18, 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 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