Docket No. ER16-2571-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
Issued: 10/7/16
Bracewell LLP
2001 M Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
Counsel for New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
Reference:Executed Cost Reimbursement Agreement with Pennsylvania Electric Company
On September 9, 2016, you filed, on behalf of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG), a Cost Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between NYSEG and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) for certain upgrades to NYSEG’s transmission system. You explain that the charges under the agreement reflect the costs necessary to interconnect the Moxie Liberty LLC generation plant.[1] You note that NYSEG will perform upgrades to its transmission subject to reimbursement by Penelec of all costs and expenses incurred by NYSEG in connection with the work.
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 August 19, 2016, as requested.
The filing was noticed on September 9, 2016, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before September 30, 2016. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2016)), 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 New York State Electric & Gas Corporation.
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,
Division of Electric Power
Regulation – East
[1] See PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Original Service Agreement No. 3559, Docket No. ER13-1545-000 (accepted under delegated authority on July 2, 2013).