FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket Nos.  ER17-61-000

ER17-61-001

Issued:  January 5, 2017

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard

Rensselaer, NY 12144

Attention:Robert E. Fernandez

              General Counsel to New York Independent System Operator

Reference:              Compliance Filing Under Order Nos. 827 and 828

Dear Mr. Fernandez:

On October 12, 2016, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) submitted for filing revised tariff records amending their Open Access Transmission Tariff[1] (OATT) in compliance with Order Nos. 827[2] and 828.[3] On November 8, 2016, NYISO submitted further revisions to address ministerial clerical errors.  NYISO states that these proposed revisions contain modifications to its pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement and Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement as required by the Commission in Order Nos. 827 and 828.

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 13, 2016, as requested.

The filings were noticed on October 12, 2016, and November 8, 2016, with comments, interventions and protests due on or before November 2, 2016 and November 29, 2016, respectively.  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.

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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Tariffs, NYISO OATT, 30.14 OATT Att X Appendices, 11.0.0 and NYISO OATT, 32.5 OATT Att Z Appendices, 12.1.0.             

[2] Reactive Power Requirements for Non-Synchronous Generation, Order No. 827, 81 Fed. Reg. 40,793 (June 23, 2016), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,385, order on clarification and reh’g, 157 FERC ¶ 61,003 (2016).

[3] Requirements for Frequency and Voltage Ride Through Capability of Small Generating Facilities, Order No. 828, 81 Fed. Reg. 50,290 (Aug. 1, 2016), 156 FERC ¶ 61,062 (2016).