FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

Docket No. ER21-1698-000

Issued: June 1, 2021

Sara B. Keegan, Esq.

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Nicholas J. Cicale, Esq.

Avangrid Service Company

180 Marsh Hill Road

Orange, CT 06477

Reference:Engineering & Procurement Agreement, Service Agreement No. 2616

On April 16, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed, on behalf of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, (NYSEG), an executed Engineering & Procurement Agreement (E&P Agreement) between NYSEG and Bluestone Wind, LLC (Bluestone Wind) under which NYSEG will provide oversight of the engineering and procurement of certain long-lead items necessary for the interconnection of Bluestone Wind’s electric generation facility.[1] You state that Bluestone Wind’s 124 MW wind-powered electric generating facility will be constructed in the towns of Sanford and Windsor, Broome County, New York.  Bluestone Wind requests that the Commission accept the E&P Agreement for filing effective April 16, 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 April 16, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was noticed on April 16, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before May 7, 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 NYISO or NYSEG.

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] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2616, E&P Agreement between NYSEG and Bluestone Wind, 0.0.0.

[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.3(a)(2) (2020).