Docket No. ER17-352-0001

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER17-352-000

Issued: January 5, 2017

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

c/o Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation

89 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14649

Attention:Sara B. Keegan, Esq.

Senior Attorney, New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Jeffrey A. Rosenbloom, Esq.

Director, NY Legal Services, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

Reference:Large Generator Interconnection Agreement

Dear Ms. Keegan and Mr. Rosenbloom:

On November 15, 2016, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) jointly filed an executed nonconforming Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) among NYISO, NYSEG, and Greenidge Generation LLC (Greenidge).[1] You state that Greenidge is restarting Unit 4 of the Greenidge plant located in Dresden, New York, which has a net output of 106.3 MW and is powered by natural gas and biomass (Greenidge Facility). The LGIA provides for the interconnection of the Greenidge Facility to transmission facilities of NYSEG that are part of the New York State Transmission System. You also state that the LGIA contains nonconforming provisions because the Greenidge Facility is participating in the 2015 Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study and the LGIA was executed before completion of the current class year study.

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 October 31, 2016, as requested.

The filing was noticed on November 15, 2016, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before December 6, 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 NYISO or NYSEG.

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