FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

National Grid USA

Service Company, Inc.

Docket No.  ER10-2634-000

Issued:  10/13/10

National Grid USA

Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA 02451 

Attention:Daniel Galaburda

Senior Counsel

Reference:Purchase and Sale Agreement

Dear Mr. Galaburda:

On September 14, 2010, you filed on behalf of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, a Purchase and Sale Agreement between National Grid and the Luther Forest Technology Campus Economic Development Corporation (Luther Forest EDC).[1]  You state that the agreement concerns the sale of four 115 kV transmission service lines and a 115 kV substation, plus property and rights of way, from the Luther Forest EDC to National Grid.

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 September 9, 2010, as requested.

Notice of the filing was published on September 14, 2010, with comments, protests, or interventions due on or before October 5, 2010.  No protests or adverse comments were filed.  Notices of intervention and unopposed timely filed motion to intervene are granted pursuant to the operation of Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, (18 C.F.R. § 385.214).  An opposed or untimely filed motion to intervene is governed by the provisions of Rule 214.

This acceptance 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 provided for in the filed documents; 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 any which may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now or pending or hereafter instituted by or against National Grid.

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

[1] Service Agreement No. 1631 under the New York Independent System Operator Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.