Docket No. ER21-1413-000 1
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
Issued: May 13, 2021
Sara B. Keegan
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Jeffrey Rosenbloom
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
89 East Avenue, 9th Floor
Rochester, NY 14649
Reference:Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement - Service Agreement No. 2604
On March 15, 2021, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) (together, Joint Filing Parties) filed an executed Transmission Project Interconnection Agreement (Interconnection Agreement) among NYISO, NYSEG, and New York Transco, LLC, designated as Service Agreement No. 2604 under the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).[1] Joint Filing Parties state that the Interconnection Agreement is based on and consistent with the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement contained in Attachment X to the OATT, as modified to address a Transmission Project. Joint Filing Parties request that the Interconnection Agreement be accepted effective March 1, 2021.
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 March 1, 2021, as requested.[2]
The filing was noticed on March 16, 2021, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before April 5, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214), 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 Joint Filing Parties.
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.
Issued by: Kurt M. Longo, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East
[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2604, Joint TPIA among NYISO, NYSEG and Transco, 0.0.0.
[2] See 18 CFR 35.3(a)(2) (2020).