FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER20-1352-000 

Issued:  May 1, 2020

Sara B. Keegan, Esq.

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Christopher J. Novak, Esq.

National Grid USA Service  Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Cost Reimbursement Agreement with Lake Placid Village

On March 20, 2020, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), an executed Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between Lake Placid Village, Inc. (Lake Placid) and Niagara Mohawk.[1]  You state that the Reimbursement Agreement is designated as Service Agreement No. 2528 under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.  You further state that the Reimbursement Agreement is an undisputed agreement to facilitate the performance of certain work that Lake Placid has requested Niagara Mohawk to do to accommodate Lake Placid’s planned westward expansion of its existing Lake Placid Municipal Substation Number 1.  

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 February 21, 2020, as requested.

The filing was noticed on March 20, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 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 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., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2528, Cost Reimbursement Agreement NMPC and Lake Placid Village, 0.0.0.