FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER19-1949-001

Issued:  6/4/2020

Brian R. Hodgdon

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Reference: Order Nos. 845 and 845-A Compliance

On April 28, 2020, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) in compliance with the requirements of Order Nos. 845 and 845-A, which amended the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement and pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures.[1]  NYISO states that the proposed revisions fulfill the directives of the February 20, 2020, Order on Compliance,[2] as well as make related non-substantive ministerial revisions.

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 April 20, 2020, as requested. 

The filing was noticed on April 29, 2020, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before May 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 NYISO.

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 Tariffs, NYISO OATT, 25.1 OATT Att S Introduction, 11.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.1 OATT Att X Definitions, 11.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.2 OATT Att X Scope and Application, 7.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.3 OATT Att X Interconnection Requests, 14.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.4 OATT Att X Queue Position, 6.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.6 OATT Att X Interconnection Feasibility Study, 4.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.7 OATT Att X Interconnection System Reliability Impact St, 9.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.8 OATT Att X Interconnection Facilities Study, 7.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.11 OATT Att X Standard Large Generator Interconnection Ag, 6.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.12 OATT Att X Construction of Connecting Transmission Own, 4.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.13 OATT Att X Miscellaneous, 5.0.0, NYISO OATT, 30.14 OATT Att X Appendices, 20.0.0.

[2] N.Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 170 FERC ¶ 61,117 (2020).