Request of National Grid USA under AC14-5, et al.

February 6, 2014 By Electronic Filing The Honorable Kimberly D. Bose Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426 Re: Supplemental Request for Extension of Time to File FERC Form Reports Docket Nos. AC14-5-000; AC13-160-000; AC13-159-000; AC13-142-000; AC13-81- 000; AC13-74-000; AC13-69-000 Dear Secretary Bose: On behalf of certain of its subsidiary operating companies and service companies,1 National Grid USA ("National Grid" or "Company") respectfully supplements its December 23, 2013 request in the above-referenced dockets (the December 2013 Request) for extensions of time to submit certain regulatory financial reports. Specifically, on behalf of the National Grid Operating Companies, National Grid requests an extension to September 30, 2014, for filing the following financial reports:2 1. Fiscal Year Supplemental Statements with CPA Certifications for the year ended March 31, 2013; 2. FERC Form 3-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013; 3. FERC Form 3-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013; 4. FERC Form 3-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013; 5. FERC Form 1, Form 1-F and Form 2-A for calendar year 2013; 1 Specifically, Massachusetts Electric Company; Nantucket Electric Company; New England Hydro- Transmission Corporation; New England Hydro-Transmission Electric Company, Inc.; New England Power Company; The Narragansett Electric Company; Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; National Grid LNG; New England Electric Transmission Corp.; and National Grid Generation, LLC (collectively, the National Grid Operating Companies); and National Grid USA Service Company, Inc. and National Grid Engineering & Survey, Inc. (collectively, the National Grid Service Companies). 2 For ease of reference, National Grid has summarized in Attachment A the dockets under which extension requests were previously submitted for the National Grid Operating Companies. 5. FERC Form 1, Form 1-F and Form 2-A for calendar year 2013; 6. Fiscal Year Supplemental Statements with CPA Certifications, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014; 7. FERC Form 3-Q for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014; and 8. FERC Form 3-Q for the second quarter ending June 30, 2014. In addition, on behalf of the National Grid Service Companies, National Grid requests an extension to September 30, 2014 for filing the following financial reports: 1. Fonn 60 for calendar year 2013. 3 and meetings with Commission staff, National Grid has In prior requests for extension described the challenges it has encountered in deploying a new SAP-based accounting system and FERC Module across its entire U.S. operations, how those challenges have affected National Grids ability to submit timely and accurate financial reports to the Commission, and the substantial efforts National Grid has undertaken to address those challenges. National Grid has made ...