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 d/b/a    

   National Grid

Docket No. ER22-795-000

Issued:  March 9, 2022

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144
Attention:  Sara B. Keegan, Esq.

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451
Attention:  Christopher J. Novak, Esq.

Reference:Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement   

On January 10, 2022, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid) (together, Joint Filing Parties) submitted an executed Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement entered into by NYISO, National Grid and Bakerstand Solar, LLC (Amended Agreement), designated as Service Agreement No. 2572 under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] The Joint Filing Parties state that the Amended Agreement largely conforms to the pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement that is contained in Attachment Z of NYISO’s OATT, with the exception of non-conforming provisions related to billing and security arrangements.  The Joint Filing Parties request that the Amended Agreement be accepted effective December 29, 2021.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2021), your submittal is accepted for filing, effective December 29, 2021, as requested.[2]

The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before January 31, 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(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 (2021).

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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2572, SGIA among NYISO, National Grid, and Bakerstand Solar, LLC (1.0.0).

[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.3(a)(2) (2021).