FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

Docket No. ER21-778-000

Issued: February 23, 2021  

Christopher J. Novak, Esq.

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

40 Sylvan Road

Waltham, MA 02451

Reference:Reimbursement Agreement

On December 31, 2020, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk) filed a Reimbursement Agreement (Reimbursement Agreement) between Niagara Mohawk and New York Transco, LLC (NY Transco), designated as Service Agreement No. 2590 under the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.[1]  You state that the Reimbursement Agreement is an undisputed agreement to facilitate the performance of certain work that NY Transco has requested Niagara Mohawk to do with respect to the mitigation of the impact of the New York Energy Solution Project on Niagara Mohawk’s transmission system.  You also state that the Reimbursement Agreement amends, restates, and replaces an existing Engineering & Procurement Agreement (E&P Agreement) between the parties that is on file with the Commission, in order to add certain construction activities to the work contemplated in the E&P Agreement.         

Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307, your submittal is accepted for filing, effective December 11, 2020, as requested.

The filing was noticed on December 31, 2020, with comments, interventions, and protests due on or before January 21, 2021.  Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R. § 385.214), to the extent that any timely filed motions to intervene and any motion to intervene out-of-time were filed before the issuance date of this order, such interventions are granted.  Granting late interventions at this stage of the proceeding will not disrupt the proceeding or place additional burdens on existing parties.

This acceptance for filing shall not be construed as constituting approval of the referenced filing or of any service, 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 may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against 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. 

Issued by:  Kurt M. Longo, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation – East

[1] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., FERC FPA Electric Tariff, NYISO Agreements, Agreement No. 2590, Reimbursement Agreement between NMPC & NY Transco, LLC, 0.0.0.