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

Docket No. ER22-2523-000

Issued:  August 30, 2022

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention:Sara B. Keegan, Esq. and Christopher J. Novak, Esq.

Reference:Cost Reimbursement Agreement, Service Agreement No. 2726

On July 29, 2022, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), an executed Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation (RG&E), designated as Service Agreement No. 2726 under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1] You state that the Reimbursement Agreement is an undisputed agreement to facilitate the performance of certain work that RG&E has requested Niagara Mohawk to undertake to support RG&E’s planned expansion of its Hook Road Station 127 Substation (Substation) and to interconnect the expanded Substation with existing transmission facilities owned by Niagara Mohawk.  Niagara Mohawk requests that the Reimbursement Agreement be accepted for filing effective June 30, 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 June 30, 2022 as requested.[2]

The filing was publicly noticed on July 29, 2022, with interventions and protests due on or before August 19, 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 NYISO or Niagara Mohawk.

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. 2726, CRA between Niagara Mohawk and RG&E (0.0.0).

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