Hecate Energy Greene County 3 LLCv.Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. and New York Independent System Operator Inc.; Notice of Complaint

Take notice that on February 11, 2021, pursuant to sections 206 and 306, of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e and 825e and Rule 206 and 212 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, Hecate Energy Greene County 3 LLC (Complainant or HEG 3) filed a formal complaint against New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. (Central Hudson) (collectively, Respondents) requesting fast track processing and alleging that the Respondents violated the Federal Power Act and NYISO's Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) by (1) failing to use reasonable efforts when processing Complainant's small generator interconnection request and (2) applying an Inclusion Practice regarding the firmness of generator interconnection requests that is not specified in the Tariff and that contradicted the Tariff provisions regarding queue position, all as more fully explained in the complaint.

The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served on the contacts listed for Respondents in the Commission's list of Corporate Officials.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. The Respondents' answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. The Respondents' answer, motions to intervene, and protests must be served on the Complainant.

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 15, 2021.