Docket No. ER20-2113-000 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER20-2113-000

Issued: August 6, 2020

Alex M. Schnell

Gregory J. Campbell

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Reference: Proposed Tariff Revisions Addressing Sustainability of Operating Reserves and Energy Storage Resource Schedules During Reserve Pickups

On June 19, 2020, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff to clarify the rules applicable to Energy Storage Resource (ESR) provision of operating reserves.[1] The changes: (1) clarify that resources that offer operating reserves must satisfy energy sustainability requirements set forth in applicable North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Northeast Power Coordinating Council and/or New York State Reliability Council reliability requirements; (2) explain how NYISO will determine energy schedules for ESRs during reserve pickup events.

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, as requested, subject to NYISO making a compliance filing with revised tariff records no later than 14 days prior to the date on which the revisions will become effective.

The filing was noticed on June 19, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before July 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 that 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 (2019).

Issued by: Kurt M. Longo, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East