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. ER11-4313-000

Issued:  9/13/11          

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna

One Commerce Plaza

Albany, New York 12260 

Attention:Elizabeth A. Grisaru

Counsel to the New York Independent System

Operator, Inc.

Reference:Proposed Tariff Clarifications Pertaining to Operations

Dear Ms. Grisaru:

On August 15, 2011, you filed, on behalf of New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO), proposed amendments to its Open Access Transmission Tariff and Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff relating to the NYISO’s operational responsibilities.  You state that the proposed changes will improve consistency, clarify ambiguities, and remove outdated references without making any substantive changes to current practices. 

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 October 14, 2011, as requested.

Notice of the filing was issued on August 16, 2011, with comments, protests, or interventions due on or before September 6, 2011.  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 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.

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