FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Docket No. ER11-3523-000

Issued:  June 17, 2011

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA  02451

Attention:Daniel Galaburda, Esq.

Assistant General Counsel

Reference:   Service Agreement No. 1752 - Construction Services Agreement between
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and the Village of Churchville, NY

Dear Mr. Galaburda:

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s (Niagara Mohawk) submittal is accepted for filing effective April 27, 2011, as requested.1

On May 5, 2011, you filed, on behalf of Niagara Mohawk, a Construction Services
Agreement (Services Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and the Village of
Churchville, New York (Churchville).  Churchville owns a municipal electric system and
is constructing a substation and a 34.5 kV subtransmission line.  The Services Agreement
provides for Niagara Mohawk to construct certain facilities to interconnect the substation
to Niagara Mohawk’s existing 34.5 kV transmission system.  The Services Agreement
also provides that Churchville will reimburse Niagara Mohawk for all its actual costs of
the construction.

The filing was noticed on May 6, 2011, with comments due on May 26, 2011.

Pursuant to Rule (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2011)), all timely filed motions to intervene and
any motion to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order are
granted.  Granting late intervention at this stage of the proceeding will not disrupt the

1 Service Agreement No. 1752 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s NYISO Agreements Tariff.

Docket No. ER11-3523-000-2-

proceeding or place additional burdens on existing parties.  No protests or adverse comments were filed.

This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307.

This acceptance 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 provided for in the filed documents; 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 any which may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against 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.

Sincerely,

Jignasa Gadani, Director Division of Electric Power Regulation - East