FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No.ER20-2821-000

Issued: October 9, 2020

Christopher J. Novak

Senior Counsel

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference: Engineering & Procurement Agreement with Atlantic Wind, LLC

On September 4, 2020, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) filed an engineering and procurement agreement between Niagara Mohawk and Atlantic Wind, LLC (Atlantic Wind).[1] The engineering and procurement agreement is an agreement to facilitate the performance of certain work that Atlantic Wind has requested Niagara Mohawk to do in connection with the interconnection of an Atlantic Wind generation facility.

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 August 10, 2020, as requested.

The filing was noticed on September 4, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before September 25, 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 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 (2019).

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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2563, EPC Agreement between NMPC and Atlantic Wind, LLC, 0.0.0