FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426 

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

In Reply Refer To:

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

Docket No. ER10-2349-000

Issued:  10/20/10

R. Scott Mahoney

Attorney for New York State Electric & Gas Corporation

Iberdrola USA Management Corporation

Durham Hall, 52 Farm View

New Gloucester, ME  04260

Reference:Interconnection Service Agreement

Dear Mr. Mahoney:

On August 24, 2010, you filed, on behalf of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG), an Interconnection Service Agreement (ISA) between NYSEG and Standard Binghamton LLC (Standard) (Original Service Agreement No. 1601), under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.  The ISA replaces a previous agreement that expired according to its own terms on January 16, 2010, and sets forth the rates, terms and conditions under which Standard’s generating facility located in the City of Binghamton, New York, will continue to be interconnected to the NYSEG transmission system.

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 January 16, 2010, as requested.

Notice of the filing was published in the Federal Register, with comments, protests or interventions due on or before September 14, 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 Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 C.F.R. § 385.214).  Any unopposed 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 finding or orders which have been or may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against NYSEG or Standard.

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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