Docket No. ER22-2036-0001

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 Gird

Docket No. ER22-2036-000

Issued: August 3, 2022

New York Independent System Operator

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Attention: Sara B. Keegan

 

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention:  Christopher J. Novak

 

Reference:Joint Filing of an Executed Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement

On June 6, 2022, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid) (together, the Joint Filing Parties) filed an executed Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement for the Albany County 2 Solar Project (NYISO Queue No. 598) entered into by NYISO, National Grid, as the Connecting Transmission Owner, and Hecate Energy Albany 2 L.L.C. (Hecate), as the Interconnection Customer (Amended Agreement).  The Joint Filing Parties state that the Amended Agreement is labeled as Service Agreement No. 2555 under the NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1]

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2022), the submittal is accepted for filing, effective May 20, 2022, as requested.[2]

The filing was noticed on June 6, 2022, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before June 27, 2022Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2022)), to the extent that any timely filed motions to intervene and any motion to intervene out-of-time were filed before the issuance date of this order, such interventions are granted.  Granting late interventions at this stage of the proceeding will not disrupt the proceeding or place additional burdens on existing parties.

This acceptance for filing shall not be construed as constituting approval of the referenced filing or of any rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service contained in the filing; nor shall such acceptance be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual right or obligation associated therewith; and such acceptance 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 Joint Filing Parties.

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 (2022).

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


[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2555, SGIA among NYISO, National Grid, and Hecate Energy Albany 2 (1.0.0).

 

[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).