Docket No. ER21-2035-000 - 2 -
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Issued: July 6, 2021
Sara B. Keegan, Esq.
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Christopher J. Novak, Esq.
National Grid
40 Sylvan Road
Waltham, MA 02451
Reference:Small Generator Interconnection Agreement, Service Agreement No. 2662
On May 28, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (NMPC) (together, Joint Filing Parties) filed an executed Standard Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) between NYISO, NMPC, and Rock District Solar, LLC (Rock District), designated as Service Agreement No. 2662 under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] The SGIA provides for the interconnection of the 20 MW Rock District Solar Project to be located in Cobleskill, New York to certain facilities owned by NMPC that are part of the New York State Transmission System. Joint Filing Parties state that the SGIA contains language that does not conform to the language in the pro forma SGIA contained in Attachment Z of the NYISO OATT. Specifically, section 1.5.3 of the SGIA has been modified to clarify that Rock District can construct NMPC’s Interconnection Facilities and Upgrades with the agreement of the parties to the SGIA. Joint Filing Parties request that the SGIA be accepted for filing effective May 18, 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 May 18, 2021, as requested.[2]
The filing was noticed on May 28, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before June 18, 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 that have been or may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against NYISO or NMPC.
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. 2662, Joint SGIA among NYISO, NMPC and Rock District Solar, 0.0.0.
[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.3(a)(2) (2020).