FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System

Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER11-3604-000                                                                                                 

Issued:  7/12/11                                                                                                 

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna

One Commerce Plaza

Albany, NY 12260

Attention:Elizabeth A. Grisaru

Counsel to the New York Independent System Operator

Reference:Proposed Amendments to the ISO Agreement

Dear Ms. Grisaru:

On May 19, 2011, you filed, on behalf of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), proposed revisions to Section 6.06 of NYISO’s ISO Agreement to harmonize the conflict of interest provisions in the NYISO documents with the related provisions contained in the New York State Reliability Council (NYSRC) Agreement.[1]  You state that amendments proposed in this filing will delete language that currently requires NYISO’s Code of Conduct to prohibit a Market Participant from serving as a member of the NYSRC Executive Committee. 

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, your submittal filed in the above referenced docket is accepted for filing, effective July 18, 2011, as requested.    

Public notice of NYISO’s filing was issued on May 20, 2011, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before June 9, 2011.  None were filed.   

This acceptance for filing shall not be construed as constituting approval of any rate, service, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed documents; nor shall such action be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual right or obligation affecting or relating to such service or rate; 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,

Jignasa Gadani, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation – East

cc: All Parties

      Public File

[1] You state that due to eTariff constraints, NYISO was unable to include the instant ISO Agreement revisions with those made to Section 12.7 of NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff in Docket No. ER11-3595-000.