Docket No. ER20-1404-0001

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc. & Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Docket No. ER20-1404-000

Issued: May 22, 2020

Paul A. Savage

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

4 Irving Place

New York, NY 10003

Reference:Executed Interconnection Agreement - Service Agreement No. 2515

On March 27, 2020, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) (the Parties) filed an executed Interconnection Agreement (Agreement) between the Parties.[1] The Parties state that in order to resolve certain reliability concerns on the O&R transmission system, O&R proposes to construct a new 345kV transmission substation, the Lovett Substation, that will be located between the Buchanan South Substation and the Ladentown Substation. The Parties also state that the Y-88 transmission line will be cut so that the portion of the Y-88 transmission line from the Buchanan South Substation to the Lovett Substation will remain designated as Y-88, and that the portion of Y-88 from the Lovett Substation to the Ladentown Substation will be designated as Y-66. The Parties explain that both Y-88 and Y-66 will both become part of the New York State transmission system and will be available for open access transmission service by New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

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 March 30, 2020, as requested.

The filing was noticed on March 27, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 17, 2020. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214), 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