Docket No. ER21-1366-000 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

New York Power Authority

Docket No. ER21-1366-000

Issued: May 10, 2021

Sara B. Keegan

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Andrew F. Neuman

New York Power Authority

123 Main Street

White Plains, NY 10601

Reference:Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement – Service Agreement No. 2603

On March 12, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and New York Power Authority (NYPA) (together, Joint Filing Parties) filed an executed Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement (Interconnection Agreement) among NYISO, NYPA, and NextEra Energy Transmission New York, Inc., designated as Service Agreement No. 2603 under the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] Joint Filing Parties state that the Interconnection Agreement is based on and consistent with the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement contained in Attachment X to the OATT, as modified to address a Transmission Project. Joint Filing Parties request that the Interconnection Agreement be accepted effective February 26, 2021.

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 February 26, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was noticed on March 12, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 2, 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 Joint 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