Docket No. ER21-1900-000
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Docket No. ER21-1900-000
Issued: July 6, 2021
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:Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement, Service Agreement No. 2611
On May 13, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) (collectively, Joint Filing Parties) submitted an executed Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement (Interconnection Agreement) among NYISO, National Grid, and New York Power Authority, designated as Service Agreement No. 2611 under the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] Joint Filing Parties state that the Interconnection Agreement largely conforms to the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement in Attachment X of NYISO’s OATT, with limited non-conforming revisions to address a transmission project that will provide additional capability to move power from upstate to downstate New York. Joint Filing Parties request that the Interconnection Agreement be accepted effective April 29, 2021, the date on which the Interconnection Agreement was fully executed.
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 29, 2021, as requested.[2]
The filing was noticed on May 13, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before June 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 NYISO or Niagara Mohawk.
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., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2611, Joint TIPIA among NYISO, National Grid, NYPA, 0.0.0.
[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.3(a)(2) (2020).