Docket No. ER22-2595-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
In Reply Refer To:
Operator, Inc.
Issued: September 8, 2022
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Attention: Sara B. Keegan, Esq.
Reference:Notice of Cancellation of Service Agreement No. 2549
On August 3, 2022, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed a notice of cancellation of an Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement for the North Country Solar project (Interconnection Agreement) among NYISO, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk), and Duke Energy Renewables Solar, LLC (Duke), designated as Service Agreement No. 2549 under NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1] Duke requested that the Interconnection Agreement be terminated effective March 14, 2022, and NYISO and Niagara Mohawk agreed with the date of termination. NYISO requests that the notice of cancellation be accepted for filing effective March 14, 2022.
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 14, 2022, as requested.
The filing was publicly noticed on August 3, 2022, with interventions and protests due on or before August 24, 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.
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. 2549, SGIA among NYISO, NMPC and Duke Energy LLC (1.0.0).