10 Krey Boulevard Rensselaer, NY 12144
June 16, 2016
By Electronic Delivery
Honorable Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20426
Re: Docket No. ER16-425-001, New York Independent System Operator -
Notice of Effective Date for Tariff Revisions Accepted by June 10, 2016
Order
Dear Secretary Bose:
On November 30, 2015, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (“NYISO”)
filed proposed tariff revisions to improve its scarcity pricing design (“Comprehensive Scarcity
Pricing”).1 On March 1, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”)
accepted the proposed revisions (“March 1 Order”).2 The Commission directed the NYISO to
“submit a further compliance filing with no less than two weeks’ notice of the proposed effective
date” for the Commission-accepted revisions.3 On June 7, 2016, the NYISO submitted the
required compliance filing to establish the effective date for the tariff revisions accepted by the
March 1 Order.4
The March 1 Order also directed the NYISO to submit a compliance filing to clarify “its
proposed Services Tariff and OATT provisions to clearly identify and state where they apply to
shortage events versus scarcity events.”5 On March 29, 2016, the NYISO submitted the required
1 Docket No. ER16-425-000, New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Proposed Revisions to Services Tariff and OATT to Implement Improved Scarcity Pricing (November 30, 2015). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning specified in Section 2 of the NYISO Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff (“Services Tariff”) and Section 1 of the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff (“OATT”).
2 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 154 FERC ¶ 61,152 (2016).
3 Id. at P 25.
4 Docket No. ER16-425-000, supra, Notice of Effective Date for Tariff Revisions Accepted by March 1, 2016 Order (June 7, 2016). The filing indicated that the NYISO anticipates implementing the tariff revisions accepted by the March 1 Order for the June 21, 2016 market day.
5 March 1 Order at P 24.
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compliance filing (“March 29 Compliance Filing”).6 The Commission issued a data request on May 19, 2016 regarding the March 29 Compliance Filing.7 On May 26, 2016, the NYISO submitted its response to the data request (“Data Request Response”).8
On June 10, 2016, the Commission issued an order that: (i) accepted the supplemental
revisions to Rate Schedule 4 of the Services Tariff submitted as part of the March 29 Compliance Filing; and (ii) directed the NYISO to submit “a compliance filing with no less than two weeks’ notice of the proposed effective date” for such supplemental revisions (“June 10 Order”).9 This compliance filing provides the effective date for the supplemental revisions to Rate Schedule 4 of the Services Tariff accepted by the June 10 Order.
I.Documents Submitted
1.This filing letter; and
2.A clean version of the supplemental revisions to Rate Schedule 4 of the Services
Tariff accepted by the June 10 Order with an effective date of June 30, 2016 (“Attachment I”).
II.Notice of Effective Date
In compliance with Ordering Paragraph C of the March 1 Order and the June 10 Order,
the NYISO hereby provides notice to the Commission that it expects to implement the
supplemental tariff revisions accepted by the June 10 Order for the June 30, 2016 market day.
Attachment I provides a clean version of the relevant tariff revisions with an effective date of
June 30, 2016.
III.Service
The NYISO will send an electronic link to this filing to the official representative of each
party to this proceeding, the official representative of each of its customers, each participant on
its stakeholder committees, the New York Public Service Commission, and the New Jersey
Board of Public Utilities. In addition, the complete filing will be posted on the NYISO’s website
at www.nyiso.com.
6 Docket No. ER16-425-001, New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Compliance Filing (March 29, 2016).
7 Docket No. ER16-425-001, supra, Data Request Regarding Compliance Filing (May 19, 2016).
8 Docket No. ER16-425-001, supra, Response to Data Request (May 26, 2016).
9 Docket No. ER16-425-001, supra, Letter Order (June 10, 2016).
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IV.Conclusion
The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. respectfully requests that the Commission accept this compliance filing.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Garrett E. Bissell
Garrett E. Bissell
Senior Attorney
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Blvd.
Rensselaer, New York 12144 (518) 356-6107
gbissell@nyiso.com
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Anna Cochrane
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Max Minzner
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