FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

Consolidated Edison Company of 

New York, Inc.

Docket No. ER10-2542-000

Issued: 10/21/10

Consolidated Edison Company of 

New York, Inc.

4 Irving Place, Room 1815 – S

New York, NY  10003 

Attention:  Chanoch Lubling

        Vice President of Regulatory Services

Reference:Amended and Restated Interconnection Agreements and Notice of Cancellation:

Dear Mr. Lubling:

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, your submittal in the above referenced docket is accepted for filing effective September 9, 2010, as designated.[1]

On September 3, 2010, you filed on behalf of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (Orange and Rockland) two Amended and Restated Continuing Site/Interconnection Agreements (IA) between Orange and Rockland and AER NY-Gen LLC.  You state that the bifurcation of the Original IA would allow AER NY-Gen to have agreements with Orange and Rockland which reflect its current business operations and for Orange and Rockland to have in place current versions of its operating procedures applicable to the gas turbine and hydroelectric generating stations interconnected with Orange and Rockland transmission system.[2]  Also, filed a Notice of Cancellation of the Original IA.

Notice of the filing was published in the Federal Register with comments, protests, or interventions due on or before September 24, 2010.  No protests or adverse comments were filed.  Notices of intervention and unopposed timely filed motion to intervene are granted pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 C.F.R. § 385.214).  Any 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 your company.

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

[1] Original Service Agreement Nos. 1620 and 1621 under FERC Electric Tariff Original Vol. No. 1, of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO).

[2] The Original IA was accepted by Commission letter order dated April 5, 1999, in Docket No. ER99-2084-000, FERC Rate Schedule No. 80.