FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

Docket No. ER21-2534-000

Issued: September 23, 2021

Michael J. Messonnier Jr.

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

951 East Byrd Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Amy A. Davis

Avangrid Networks, Inc.

180 South Clinton Avenue

Rochester, NY 14604

Reference:Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement – Service Agreement No. 2634

On July 28, 2021, you filed, on behalf of New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) (together, Joint Filing Parties), an executed Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement (Interconnection Agreement) among NYISO, NYSEG, and NextEra Energy Transmission New York, Inc., designated as Service Agreement No. 2634 under the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1]  You state that the Interconnection Agreement is based on and consistent with the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement contained in Attachment X to the OATT, as modified to address the Empire State Line project (Transmission Project).  You state that the Transmission Project will interconnect to certain facilities of NYSEG that are part of the New York State transmission system at several points of interconnection.  You state that the Joint Filing Parties request that the Interconnection Agreement be accepted effective July 14, 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 July 14, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was noticed on July 28, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before August 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 which have been or may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against Joint Filing Parties.

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. 2634, TPIA Among NYISO NYSEG NextEra for Empire State Line, 0.0.0.

[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.3(a)(2) (2020).