FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

Docket No. ER20-1100-000

Issued: April 2, 2020

Sara B. Keegan, Esq.

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Justin Atkins, Esq.

Avangrid Service Company

162 Canco Road

Portland, Maine 04101

Reference:Large Generator Interconnection Agreement

On February 27, 2020, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) jointly filed an executed non-conforming Large Generator Interconnection Agreement LGIA) among NYISO, NYSEG, and Baron Winds LLC (Baron Winds).[1] The LGIA provides for the interconnection of the Baron Winds Project to certain facilities of NYSEG that are part of the New York State Transmission System.  You state that the LGIA contains modifications that differ from NYISO’s pro forma LGIA, and such modifications have subsequently been accepted by the Commission as revisions to NYISO’s pro forma LGIA effective February 18, 2020,[2] which is after the effective date of the LGIA filed in this proceeding.

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 February 12, 2020, as requested.

The filing was noticed on February 27, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before March 19, 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 NYISO or 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., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2487, LGIA NYISO, NYSEG, and Baron Winds, 0.0.0.

[2] See New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER20-638-000 (January 31, 2020) (delegated letter order) and (February 4, 2020) (errata notice).