FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER21-1018-002

Issued:  7/28/2021

James H. Sweeney

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Reference:Notice of Effective Date and Compliance Filing

On June 29, 2021, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed compliance filings to provide notice of the expected effective date of the revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff[1] (Services Tariff) and to remove revisions to the Services Tariff as directed by the Commission.

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 July 13, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was noticed on June 29, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before July 20, 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.

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, 15.4 MST Rate Schedule 4 - Payments for Supplying Operating, 30.0.0.

[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.11 (2020); Cent. Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp., 60 FERC ¶ 61,106, reh’g denied, 61 FERC ¶ 61,089 (1992); but see Sunflower Elec. Power Corp., 173 FERC ¶ 61,054 (2020) (Danly, Comm’r, dissenting).