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. ER11-3788-000

Issued:  7/18/11

Sara Keegan

Senior Attorney for the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Boulevard 

Rensselaer, New York 12144 

Daniel Galaburda

Senior Counsel

National Grid

40 Sylvan Road 

Waltham, MA 02451-1120 

Reference:Amended and Restated Executed

Small Generator Interconnection Agreement

Ms. Keegan and Mr. Galaburda:

On June 13, 2011, you filed on behalf of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk), an Amended and Restated Executed Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (Amended Agreement) among the NYISO, National Grid and Chautauqua County with a requested effective date of June 1, 2011.[1]  You state that the Amended Agreement supersedes the original agreement because of a proposed expansion of the total generating capacity of the facility from 6.4 MW to 9.6 MW, and that the equipment and milestones specified in the original agreement require modification.

Pursuant to 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 as requested.

Notice of the filing was issued on June 14, 2011, with comments, protests, or interventions due on or before July 5, 2011.  No negative 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 the referenced filing or of any rate, charge, classification or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service contained in your filing; nor shall such acceptance be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual right or obligation associated therewith; and such acceptance is without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or any which may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against NYISO or Niagara Mohawk.

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] Service Agreement No. 1530.