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. ER10-1722-000

Issued:  9/3/10

Hunton & Williams, LLP

1900 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Attention:Ted J. Murphy

Counsel to the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Reference:Compliance Filing for June 4, 2010 Order and Order No. 676-F

Dear Mr. Murphy:

On July 6, 2010, you submitted on behalf of New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) a filing to comply with the directive of the Commission’s June 4, 2010 Order[1] to, among other things, list the “traffic ticket” violations in Attachment O of NYISO’s Market Administration and Control Area Service Tariff (Services Tariff).  NYISO also proposes to incorporate by reference the Phase I Measurement and Verification business practices standards developed by the North American Energy Standard Board’s (NAESB) Wholesale Electric Quadrant into its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and Services Tariff as directed by Order No. 676-F.[2]  Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2009), your submittal in the above-referenced docket is accepted effective January 1, 2010 and May 24, 2010.

Notice of NYISO’s compliance filing was published in the Federal Register with interventions and comments due on or before July 28, 2010.  Timely intervention was filed by the New York Transmission Owners.[3]  No protests or adverse comments were filed. 

This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, contract, 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 action 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 (2009).

Sincerely,

Jignasa Gadani, Director

Division of Electric Power

  Regulation - East

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 131 FERC ¶ 61,225 (2010).

[2]Standards for Business Practices, Communications Protocols for Public Utilities, 131 FERC ¶ 61,022 (2010) (Order No. 676-F).

[3] The New York Transmission Owners include:  Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation; Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Long Island Power Authority; New York Power Authority; New York State Electric & Gas Corporation; Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.; and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.