147 FERC ¶ 61, 175

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

June 2, 2014

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER08-1281-012

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Attn:  James H. Sweeney
Attorney

10 Krey Blvd.

Rensselaer, NY  12144

Dear Mr. Sweeney:

1. On April 25, 2014, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO)
filed a motion requesting that the Commission modify the informational reporting
obligation filing deadline, as established by the Commission in this proceeding, from a
semiannual to an annual obligation.1  The December 2010 Order required NYISO, in
collaboration with its neighboring regional market operators, the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation, and market participants, to submit a semiannual informational
filing to the Commission addressing certain specified issues regarding the
implementation of interface pricing reform and congestion management/market-to-
market coordination, until these initiatives are fully implemented.  NYISO notes that
its first such semiannual report was submitted March 19, 2014 (March 2014 Report).

2. NYISO asserts that postponing its next informational filing until March 20, 2015,
by amending its obligation to require an annual report, in lieu of a semiannual report, will
provide the necessary time for NYISO and the entities with whom it jointly develops the
reports to develop a more substantive update for the Commission than they will be able to
provide in September 2014 when the next semiannual report would be due.  NYISO
further states that gaining additional operating experience with the features implemented
in 2012-13, and with those being implemented in 2014 and in the fourth quarter of 2015,

1 See N. Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 133 FERC ¶ 61,276, at P 33 (2010) (December 2010 Order).

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will allow NYISO and other interested entities to better understand the impact of these
changes and thus provide more substantive reports to the Commission.  NYISO notes, in
particular, that several of the initiatives described in the March 2014 Report will require
the majority of 2014 to complete.  Therefore, it asserts, the status will not change
significantly from the March 2014 report to a September 2014 reporting date.  NYISO
adds that its motion is supported by the regional market operators with whom it is
required to collaborate, namely, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., the Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc., and the Ontario Independent Electricity System
Operator.

3. The Commission finds that NYISO has provided adequate justification for

extending its existing semi-annual reporting requirement to an annual reporting

requirement.  As demonstrated above, an annual reporting requirement will provide

NYISO, and the other entities with whom it is required to collaborate, sufficient time to assess the impact of the reforms undertaken to comply with the Commission’s directive in its December 2010 Order and thereby provide the Commission and the public with
more informative reports than would otherwise be possible.  We also note that there were no comments filed in response to NYISO’s request.  Therefore, for good cause shown,
the Commission hereby grants NYISO’s unopposed motion and modifies NYISO’s
reporting requirement, as requested.

By direction of the Commission.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,

Deputy Secretary.