10 Krey Boulevard Rensselaer, NY 12144
January 28, 2016
By Electronic Delivery
Honorable Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20426
Re: New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER15-485-000; Compliance
Filing Establishing an Effective Date for the Revised Transmission Shortage Costs
Dear Secretary Bose:
In accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s January 15, 2015 order in this
proceeding,1 the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (“NYISO”) submits this filing to
provide notice of the expected effective date for the proposed tariff amendments concerning its revised Transmission Shortage Cost (i.e. a graduated transmission demand curve).2
The NYISO’s graduated transmission demand curve establishes a series of Transmission
Shortage Costs that are dependent on the amount of transmission shortage. The Transmission Shortage Cost/Amount of transmission shortage pairs are provided in the table below:
TransmissionAmount of transmission shortage
Shortage Cost
$350When the transmission shortage is >0 but <=5 MW
$1,175When the transmission shortage is >5 but <=20 MW
$4,000When the transmission shortage is >20 MW
1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., ER15-485-000, letter order Issued January 15,
2015.
2 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”).
Honorable Kimberly D. Bose January 28, 2016
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I.Documents Submitted
1.This filing letter;
2.A clean version of the accepted revisions to the Services Tariff (“Attachment I”); and
3.A clean version of the accepted revisions to the OATT (“Attachment II”).
II.Notice of Effective Date
In compliance with the January 15, 2015 order in this proceeding, the NYISO hereby provides notice to the Commission that it expects to fully implement the accepted revisions for the February 11, 2016 market day. Attachments I and II provide clean versions of the relevant tariff revisions with an effective date of February 11, 2016.3
III. Communications and Correspondence
All communications and service in this proceeding should be directed to:
Robert E. Fernandez, General Counsel
Ray Stalter, Director of Regulatory Affairs *James H. Sweeney, Attorney
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Tel: (518) 356-7659
Fax: (518) 356-7678
rfernandez@nyiso.com
rstalter@nyiso.com
jsweeney@nyiso.com
*Persons designated for receipt of service.
IV.Service
The NYISO will send an electronic link to this filing to the official representative of each party
to this proceeding, to the official representative of each of its customers, to each participant on its
stakeholder committees, to the New York Public Service Commission, and to the New Jersey Board of
Public Utilities. In addition, the complete filing will be posted on the NYISO’s website at
www.nyiso.com.
3 Should the NYISO determine that it will be unable to implement the graduated transmission demand curve tariff revisions for the February 11, 2016 market day, it will promptly notify its Market Participants and the Commission.
Honorable Kimberly D. Bose January 28, 2016
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V.Conclusion
Wherefore, for the foregoing reasons, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
respectfully requests that the Commission accept this compliance filing and the proposed effective date of February 11, 2016 for the tariff revisions referenced herein.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ James H. Sweeney
James H. Sweeney Attorney
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Blvd.
Rensselaer, New York 12144 (518) 356-7659
jsweeney@nyiso.com
cc:Michael Bardee
Anna Cochrane
Kurt Longo
Max Minzner
Daniel Nowak
Larry Parkinson
J. Arnold Quinn
Douglas Roe
Kathleen Schnorf
Jamie Simler
Gary Will
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon each person
designated on the official service list compiled by the Secretary in this proceeding in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2010 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 C.F.R. §385.2010.
Dated at Rensselaer, NY this 28th day of January 2016.
/s/ Joy A. Zimberlin
Joy A. Zimberlin
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Blvd.
Rensselaer, NY 12144 (518) 356-6207
