10 Krey Boulevard Rensselaer, NY 12144
November 2, 2012
By Electronic Delivery
Honorable Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20426
Re: Filing of an Executed Second Amended and Restated Small Generator
Interconnection Agreement Among the New York Independent System Operator,
Inc., Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, and Albany
Energy LLC and Request for Waiver of the 60-Day Notice Period, Docket No.
ER13-___-000
Dear Ms. Bose:
Pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act1 and Section 35.12 of the
Commission’s Regulations,2 the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (“NYISO”) and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (“National Grid”) (collectively, the “Joint Filing Parties”) hereby tender for filing an executed Second Amended and Restated Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (“Second Amended Agreement”) as Service Agreement No. 1168 among the NYISO, National Grid as the Transmission Owner, and Albany Energy LLC (“Albany Energy”) as the Interconnection Customer.3
The Joint Filing Parties respectfully request that the Commission accept the Amended Agreement for filing. Further, as described in Part III of this letter, the Joint Filing Parties respectfully request a waiver of the Commission’s prior notice requirements to make the
Amended Agreement effective as of October 19, 2012.
I.Background
The Second Amended Agreement supersedes an Amended Small Generator
Interconnection Agreement among the parties that was filed in Docket No. ER12-2045-000 as
Service Agreement No. 1168 (“First Amended Agreement”). The First Amended Agreement
was accepted by the Commission on August 8, 2012.4 The First Amended Agreement stated that
1 16 U.S.C. § 824d (2011).
2 18 C.F.R. § 35.12 (2011).
3 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter have the meaning set forth in Attachments S, X and Z of the NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (“OATT”).
4 New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, Order, Docket No. ER12-2045-000 (issued August 8, 2012).
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Albany Energy’s landfill recovery generation facility (“Facility”) would consist of three
generating units with a combined capacity of 9.2 MW, associated breakers, and appurtenant
equipment. The First Amended Agreement specified that the Point of Interconnection would be the tap point on the Connecting Transmission Owner’s 34.5 kV Karner-Patroon Line #5. The First Amended Agreement also described the anticipated relocation of National Grid’s generator lead line and the resulting changes to the configuration of Albany Energy’s Interconnection Facilities at the Point of Change of Ownership.
II.Discussion of Changes
Since the filing of the First Amended Agreement, National Grid and Albany Energy have
completed engineering and construction which resulted in minor modifications to the
interconnection configuration required for the relocation of Albany Energy’s generator lead line.
As such, the descriptions contained in the First Amended Agreement regarding the
interconnection facilities impacted by the relocation and the accompanying diagram reflecting
such relocation require modification. In addition, the parties have agreed to remove language
inadvertently included in the appendices to the First Amended Agreement. The Joint Filing
Parties therefore submit this Second Amended Agreement to reflect the modifications to the First
Amended Agreement.
Specifically, the Second Amended Agreement modifies the First Amended Agreement as
follows:
• The body of the Second Amended Agreement reflects the following modifications
to the body of the First Amended Agreement: (1) a new effective date - the date
of execution of the Second Amended Agreement; and (2) changes to reflect that
this is the “Second Amended and Restated” version of the Interconnection
Agreement; (3) removal of the Service Agreement number from the header and
insertion of the same on the cover page (required due to eTariff filing
restrictions); and (4) formatting on the signature page;
• Attachment 2 and the Figure 2 diagram in Attachment 3 have been modified to
clarify and provide updated technical specifications regarding the interconnection facilities’ modifications associated with relocation of the generator lead line. (e.g., the parties have modified the description, and diagram depiction, of the Point of Change of Ownership to accurately delineate between Albany Energy’s and
National Grid’s interconnection facilities and reflect Albany Energy’s election to relocate the existing fuse and switch instead of installing new);
• Attachment 4 has been modified to reflect updated Milestones; and
• Attachment 5 has been modified to remove unnecessary language inadvertently
included in the First Amended Agreement.
The blacklined Second Amended Agreement attached to this filing shows all of these
changes that were made to the currently effective First Amended Agreement. The Joint Filing
Parties respectfully request that the Commission accept this Second Amended Agreement.
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III. Proposed Effective Date and Request for Wavier of the 60-Day Notice Period
The Joint Filing Parties request an effective date of October 19, 2012 for the Amended
Agreement, which is the date of execution. The Joint Filing Parties respectfully request that the Commission waive its prior notice requirement in order to permit the requested effective date.
The Commission has previously permitted interconnection agreements to become effective upon the date of execution.5
IV. Communications and Correspondence
Communications regarding this filing should be directed to:
For the NYISO
Robert E. Fernandez, General Counsel
Karen Georgenson Gach, Deputy General Counsel *Sara B. Keegan, Senior Attorney
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
10 Krey Boulevard
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Tel: (518) 356-6000
Fax: (518) 356-4702
rfernandez@nyiso.com
kgach@nyiso.com
skeegan@nyiso.com
For Niagara Mohawk d/b/a National Grid
*William L. Malee*Amanda C. Downey
Director, Transmission CommercialCounsel for National Grid USA
National GridService Company, Inc.
40 Sylvan Road40 Sylvan Road
Waltham, MA 02451Waltham, MA 02451
Tel: 781-907-2422Tel: 781-907-2136
Fax: 781-907-5707Fax: 781-907-5701
Bill.Malee@nationalgrid.comAmanda.Downey@nationalgrid.com
*Designated to receive service.
5 See, e.g., New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation,
Docket No. ER11-2953-000 (April 7, 2011) (accepting interconnection agreement effective as of date of execution);
see also New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Letter Order, Docket No.
ER08-985-000 (June 26, 2008) (same); New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and New York Power
Authority, Letter Order, Docket No. ER08-861-000 (May 27, 2008) (same); New York Independent System
Operator, Inc. and New York Power Authority, Letter Order, Docket No. ER08-699-000 (May 16, 2008) (same).
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V.Documents Submitted
The NYISO submits the following documents:
• this filing letter;
• a clean version of the Second Amended Agreement (Attachment I);
• a backline version showing the changes between the First Amended Agreement and
the Second Amended Agreement (Attachment II); and
• a graphic showing the original signatures obtained for the Second Amended
Agreement (Attachment III).
VI. Service
The NYISO will send an electronic link to this filing 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, a complete
copy of the documents included with this filing will be posted on the NYISO’s website at
www.nyiso.com.
VII. Conclusion
Wherefore, the NYISO respectfully requests that the Commission accept the Amended Agreement effective as of October 19, 2012.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Sara B. Keegan
Sara B. Keegan
Counsel for the
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
/s/Amanda C. Downey
Amanda C. Downey
Counsel for National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.
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