March 23, 2018

By Electronic Delivery

Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE

Washington, DC 20426

Re:    New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Docket ER18-604-000;
Bid Restriction Waiver Informational Filing

Dear Ms. Bose:

In accordance with paragraph 15 and ordering paragraph “B” of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s (“Commission’s”) January 12, 2018 Order Granting Waiver

(“January Order”),1 the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (“NYISO”) submits herein the information required by the Commission.

On January 4, 2018, the NYISO requested a limited waiver of the Bid Restriction2 set forth in Sections 21.4 and 21.5.1 of its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff (“Services Tariff”).  The Commission’s January Order granted the NYISO’s limited waiver request for the period of January 4, 2018 (January 5, 2018 for the NYISO’s Day-Ahead Market) through February 28, 2014 (“Waiver Period”) and directed the NYISO to

submit an informational filing by March 28, 2018 that identifies:

(1) the total amount of energy that received compensation pursuant
to the terms of the instant waiver; (2) the demonstrated costs of
such energy in total and on a unit cost basis; and (3) information
detailing requests for compensation pursuant to the instant waiver
that were rejected by NYISO and the reason for its rejection.3

1 New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 162 FERC ¶ 61,018 (2018).

2 “Bid Restriction” is defined in Services Tariff Section 21.1 and applies to Incremental Energy and Minimum Generation Bids.

3 January Order at P 15.

10 Krey Boulevard, Rensselaer, New York 12144 | www.nyiso.com

Honorable Kimberly D. Bose March 23, 2018

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The NYISO responds to each of the Commission’s questions below.

Information Request: (1) Identify the total amount of energy that received compensation
pursuant to the terms of the instant waiver.

NYISO Response:    No energy received compensation pursuant to the terms of the waiver.

Information Request: (2) Identify the demonstrated costs of such energy in total and on a
unit cost basis.

NYISO Response:    There are no costs to report.

Information Request: (3) Provide information detailing requests for compensation pursuant
to the instant waiver that were rejected by NYISO and the reason for

each rejection.

NYISO Response:    The NYISO did not receive any requests for compensation pursuant to
the waiver.  Although there were Generators that faced expected costs
in excess of $1,000/MWh over the waiver period, the NYISO did not
commit any resources with expected costs in excess of $1,000/MWh.

The NYISO will send an electronic link to this filing to the official service list in Docket
No. ER18-604-000 and 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.

Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned if you have any questions regarding this informational filing.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Alex M. Schnell

Alex M. Schnell

Assistant General Counsel/Registered Corporate Counsel New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
518-356-8707

cc:Anna CochraneLarry Parkinson

James DanlyJ. Arnold Quinn

Jette GebhartDouglas Roe

Kurt LongoKathleen Schnorf

David MorenoffGary Will

Daniel Nowak

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 23rd day of March 2018.

/s/ Joy A. Zimberlin

Joy A. Zimberlin

New York Independent System Operator, Inc.

10 Krey Blvd.

Rensselaer, NY 12144 (518) 356-6207