FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20426

Office of Energy Market Regulation

In Reply Refer To:

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER10-2459-000

Issued:  10/26/10

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard 

Rensselaer, New York  12144 

Attention:Carl F. Patka

Assistant General Counsel

Reference:Compliance Filing

Dear Mr. Patka:

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - East 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, your submittal filed in the above referenced docket is accepted for filing, as designated, effective August 16, 2010 as requested.  

On August 30, 2010, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), filed revisions to Attachment Y of the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) in compliance with directives contained in the Commission’s July 15, 2010 Order on Compliance Filing.[1]  This compliance filing incorporates qualifications and criteria for regulated backstop, market-based, and alternative regulated solutions from NYISO’s Comprehensive Reliability Planning Process Manual into section 31.2.4 of Attachment Y (Development of Solutions to Reliability Needs).  Pursuant to the Commission’s July 15, 2010 Order, NYISO also includes minor typographical and administrative revisions to Attachment Y.

Notice of the filing was published in the Federal Register with comments, protests or interventions due on or before September 20, 2010.  No protests or adverse comments were filed.  Notices of interventions and unopposed timely filed motions to intervene are granted pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rule of Practice and Procedure (18 C.F.R. § 385.214).  Any unopposed or untimely motion to intervene is governed by provisions of Rule 214.

This acceptance for filing shall not be construed as constituting approval of any service, rate, 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

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 132 FERC ¶ 61,028 (2010).