FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER22-1515-000

Issued: May 26, 2022

Sara B. Keegan, Senior Attorney

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Christopher J. Novak

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference: Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement

On March 31, 2022, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid submitted an Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement for the ELP Stillwater Solar Project entered into by the NYISO, National Grid, and ELP Stillwater Solar LLC.[1]  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 March 31, 2022, as requested.[2]

The filing was publicly noticed on March 31, 2022, with interventions and protests due on or before April 21, 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 motion 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. 2550, SGIA among NYISO, NMPC and ELP Stillwater (1.0.0).

[2] See 18 C.F.R. § 35.11 ([Year]); 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).