FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No.ER21-2098-000

Issued: July 27, 2021

Ted J. Murphy

Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20037

Reference: Periodic Review and Revised Definition of Exempt Renewable Technology

On June 8, 2021, you filed on behalf of the New York System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), revisions to NYISO’s Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff.[1]  You state that the revisions include adding Limited Control Run-of-River Hydro Resources to the definition of Exempt Renewable Technologies. You also state that the filing includes the results of a periodic review that determines which technology types should be included in the definition of Exempt Renewable Technologies.

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 August 9, 2021, as requested.

The filing was noticed on June 8, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before June 29, 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.

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 Tariffs, NYISO MST, 23.2 MST Att H Conduct Warranting Mitigation, 45.0.0, NYISO MST, 23.4.5.7.13 MST Att H Renewable Exemption, 6.0.0.