FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc.; Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Docket No. ER21-2894-000

Issued:  November 5, 2021

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention:  Christopher J. Novak

Reference:  Cost Reimbursement Agreement

On September 16, 2021, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) submitted a Cost Reimbursement Agreement between Niagara Mohawk and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG).1  You state that the Cost Reimbursement Agreement is an undisputed agreement to facilitate the performance of certain work that NYSEG has requested Niagara Mohawk to do in connection with NYSEG’s proposed expansion of its existing Big Tree Station and the interconnection of the expanded station with the Niagara Mohawk transmission system.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, the submittal is accepted for filing, effective August 18, 2021, as requested.2

The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before
October 7, 2021.  Pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s regulations (18 C.F.R. §
385.214), notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and any unopposed
motions to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order are granted.

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff,

NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2649, Reimbursement Agreement Between NMPC and NYSEG, 0.0.0.

2 18 C.F.R. § 35.3 (a)(2) (2020).

Docket No. ER21-2894-0002

Granting a late intervention 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 action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification,
or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in
the filed document(s); nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed
contractual right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; and such action
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 applicant(s).

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