10 Krey Boulevard  Rensselaer, NY  12144

July 27, 2016

Hon. Kimberly Bose Secretary

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C.  20426

Dear Secretary Bose:

Pursuant to Section 2.13 of its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“OATT”), the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (“NYISO”) hereby notifies the Commission that an “Emergency State” existed in the New York Control Area on July 27, 2016 at 07:04.  As a result, the NYISO was required to take special action to ensure that the reliability of the New York State Transmission System was not adversely affected.  The NYISO has enclosed documentation describing the Emergency State and its actions.  As required by Section 2.13 of the OATT, the NYISO has also notified the New York State Public Service Commission of the Emergency State and its actions.

Please feel free to contact me at (518) 356-6159 if you have any questions or comments.
Sincerely,

/s/ Gregory Campoli

Gregory Campoli

Manager, Reliability, Compliance & Industry Affairs New York Independent System Operator

Enclosure

Cc:  Wes Yeomans
Ray Stalter

Chris Sharp

NYISO Major Emergency Report

At 0704 on 07/27/2016

This was caused by:

To correct this the NYISO Shift Supervisor:

a Major Emergency was declared by the NYISO Shift Supervisor

when the power flow on Central East L/O NE GEN exceeded its Voltage Transfer Limit

by more than 105%

trip of the Gilboa-Fraser (GF5-35) 345kV line

Curtailed transactions, started and redispatched generation, and moved Phase Angle Regulators (PAR) to reduce flow.

Load relief was not required.

The Major Emergency was terminated at 0709 on 07/27/2016