Docket No. ER21-2612-000 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER21-2612-000

Issued: October 1, 2021

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Attention: Sara B. Keegan

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention: Christopher J. Novak

Reference: Small Generator Interconnection Agreement, Service Agreement No. 2638

On August 5, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) (together, Joint Filing Parties) filed a Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) entered into by NYISO, Niagara Mohawk, as the Connecting Transmission Owner, and SunEast Hilltop Solar LLC, as the Interconnection Customer (SGIA), designated as Service Agreement No. 2638 under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] Joint Filing Parties state that with limited exceptions, the SGIA conforms to NYISO’s pro forma SGIA that is contained in Attachment Z to the OATT. Joint Filing Parties request that the SGIA be accepted effective July 28, 2021.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2020), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective July 28, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before August 26, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2020)), 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. No protests or adverse comments were filed.

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 applicants.

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 (2020).

Issued by: Kurt M. Longo, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East