FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER22-1635-000

Issued:  June 10, 2022

Sara B. Keegan

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Danielle K. Mechling

Avangrid Networks, Inc.
180 Marsh Hill Road
Orange, CT 06477

Reference:   Amended and Restated Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement,
Service Agreement No. 2604

On April 14, 2022, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG), as Connecting Transmission
Owner, (together, Joint Filing Parties) filed an Amended and Restated Transmission
Project Interconnection Agreement (Interconnection Agreement) among NYISO,
NYSEG, and New York Transco, LLC, as Transmission Developer, designated as
Service Agreement No. 2604 under the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff
(OATT).1  Joint Filing Parties requested that the Interconnection Agreement be accepted effective April 6, 2022.  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 April 6, 2022, as requested.2

The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before
May 5, 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

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2604, Joint TPIA among NYISO (NYSEG and Transco (1.0.0)).

2 See 18 C.F.R. § 35.3(a)(2) (2021).

Docket No. ER22-1635-000- 2 -

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