Docket No. ER22-189-000

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER22-189-000

Issued: December 20, 2021

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Attention: Sara B. Keegan

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

4 Irving Place, Room 18-834

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Paul A. Savage

Reference:Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement, Service Agreement No. 2654

On October 22, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) (collectively, Joint Filing Parties) submitted an executed Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement (Interconnection Agreement) for the New York Energy Solution Project (NYISO Queue No. 543) entered into by NYISO, Con Edison, as the Connecting Transmission Owner, and New York Transco, LLC, as the Transmission Developer. The Interconnection Agreement is designated as Service Agreement No. 2654 under the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] Joint Filing Parties request that the Interconnection Agreement be accepted effective October 8, 2021, the date on which the Interconnection Agreement was fully executed.

Pursuant to authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2021), the submittal is accepted for filing, effective October 8, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was publicly noticed with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before November 12, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s regulations (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2021)), 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. 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 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 (2021).

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