FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER22-606-000

Issued: February 7, 2022

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention:  Christopher J. Novak

Reference:  Cost Reimbursement Agreement

On December 10, 2021, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) submitted a Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and New York Power Authority (NYPA), designated as Service Agreement No. 2669 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1] You state that the Reimbursement Agreement is an undisputed agreement to facilitate the performance of certain work that NYPA has requested Niagara Mohawk to do to support NYPA’s project to rebuild its Moses-Adirondack transmission line.

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 10, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before January 3, 2022. 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 applicant.

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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2669, CRA between NMPC and NYPA Smart Path (0.0.0).

[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.11 (2021); 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).