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. ER11-2499-000

Issued:  2/10/11

Hunton & Williams LLP

Counsel for the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

1900 K Street, NW, Suite 1200 

Washington, D.C.  20006-1109

Attention:Vanessa A. Colon

Reference:Amended and Restated Large Generator Interconnection Agreement

Dear Ms. Colon:

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 December 13, 2010, as requested.

              On December 22, 2010, you filed, on behalf of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid), an amended and restated executed Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) among NYISO, National Grid, and Atlantic Wind, LLC (Atlantic Wind).  You state that the amended LGIA supersedes the original LGIA among the parties, which was accepted by the Commission on August 7, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1229-000.  You further state that the amended agreement (a) reflects only ministerial corrections, with no substantive changes, to the body of the original agreement, and (b) updates Appendices A, B, C and F to the original agreement.

Notice of the filing was issued on December 22, 2010, with comments, protests, or interventions due on or before January 12, 2011.  No protests or adverse comments were filed.  Notices of intervention and unopposed timely filed motions 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 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, National Grid, or Atlantic Wind.

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

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