FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System                                                         Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER20-659-001

Issued: January 29, 2021

James H. Sweeney, Esq.

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Reference:Compliance Filing Establishing Effective Date for Fast-Start Pricing Revisions

On December 1, 2020, in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s April 18, 2019 order[1] and February 6, 2020 letter order in this proceeding,[2] New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff and its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff to reflect December 15, 2020 as the effective date of its Fast-Start Pricing Revisions.[3]  The compliance filing satisfactorily complies with the Commission’s requirements.  

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 as requested.

The filing was noticed on December 1, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before December 22, 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 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] Order on Paper Hearing, 167 FERC ¶ 61,057 (Apr. 18, 2019).

[2] N.Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER20-659-000 (Feb. 6, 2020) (delegated order).

[3] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Tariffs, NYISO OATT, 1.6 OATT Definitions - F, 8.0.0; NYISO MST, 2.6 MST Definitions - F, 10.0.0; NYISO MST, 4.4 MST Real-Time Markets and Schedules, 41.0.0; NYISO MST, 17.1 MST Att B LBMP Calculation, 28.0.0.