Docket No. ER16-1968-000 1

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER16-1968-000

Issued: 8/12/16

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, New York 12144

Attention: Carl F. Patka, Esq.

Assistant General Counsel

Reference: Reliability Planning Process Tariff Revisions

Dear Mr. Patka:

On June 20, 2016, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) filed proposed tariff revisions to the cost allocation methodology for the reliability planning component of its Comprehensive System Planning Process (Reliability Cost Allocation Methodology).[1] NYISO states that the proposed tariff revisions add a new step to the existing methodology to allocate the costs of regulated transmission solutions that resolve transmission security violations. Additionally, NYISO explains that the tariff revisions include conforming revisions to cost recovery formulas in section 6.10 of the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and also remove the sunset provision to continue the existing methodology without expiration.

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, your submittal is accepted for filing, effective as requested.

The filing was noticed on June 21, 2016, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before July 11, 2016. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2015)), 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 your 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 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.

Sincerely,

Kurt M. Longo, Director

Division of Electric Power

Regulation – East