FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid

Docket No. ER21-2288-000

Issued: 8/23/21

Sara B. Keegan

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Christopher J. Novak 

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Washington, DC 20004

Reference:Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement, Agreement No. 2549

On June 30, 2021, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid) (together, the Joint Filing Parties) filed an Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) for the North Country Solar Project entered into by the NYISO, National Grid, and Duke Energy Renewables Solar, LLC, (the Amended Agreement).[1]  The Amended Agreement contains limited non-conforming exceptions to the NYISO’s pro forma SGIA.

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 June 22, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was noticed on June 30, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before July 21, 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 and National Grid.

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. 2549, SGIA among NYISO, NMPC and Duke Energy LLC, 1.0.0.

[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).