Docket No. ER21-1088-0001

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER21-1088-000

Issued: April 7, 2021

Sara B. Keegan

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Christopher J. Novak

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Small Generator Interconnection Agreement - Service Agreement No. 2591

On February 10, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (National Grid) (collectively, Filing Parties) jointly filed an executed Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) among NYISO, National Grid, and SunEast Watkins Road Solar LLC, designated as Service Agreement No. 2591 under the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] Filing Parties state that the SGIA provides for the interconnection of a 20 MW solar electricity generating facility (Facility) to certain facilities of National Grid that are part of the New York State Transmission System. Filing Parties also state that the SGIA largely conforms to the pro forma SGIA contained in Attachment Z of the NYISO OATT, with modifications related to the construction of portions of National Grid’s interconnection facilities associated with the Facility and modifications related to billing and security arrangements.

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 January 27, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was noticed on February 10, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before March 3, 2021. 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 the Filing Parties.

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