FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc Docket No. ER21-892-000
Issued: March 10, 2021
James H. Sweeney, Senior Attorney
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Reference: Proposed Tariff Amendments to Enhance Operational Control of Solar Resources and Amend Applicable Settlement Rules
On January 15, 2021, The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed amendments to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff to
enhance the NYISO’s operational control of solar resources to increase the NYISO’s
ability to reliably and efficiently operate the New York Transmission System.1 The
proposed amendments extend the market rules introduced in 2009 for Intermittent Power Resources that depend on wind as their fuel to Intermittent Power Resources that depend on solar energy as their fuel.
Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power
Regulation - East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2020), 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 January 15, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before February 5, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2020)), 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
1 See Appendix for a list of tariff records.
