Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2010-00235

Case Status:

Open

Utility/Industry Type :

Electric

Utility/Industry Subtype :

Transmission and Distribution Utilities (T and Ds)

Case Type :

COMMISSION INITIATED

Case Subtype :

INVESTIGATION

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-O

Case Title :

MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION LONG TERM CONTRACTING FOR OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AND TIDAL ENERGY PROJECTS

Initiating Filer :

COMMISSION STAFF, CMS

Case Start Date :

7/20/2010

Assigned Staff :

Dale.Coty,
Jordan.D.McColman,
liz.wyman,
Sally.Zeh,
Christine.R.Cook,
robert.a.creamer

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Filings (182) Data RequestsPublic Comments (619) Active Party and Notification List (40) Assigned Staff (6)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
235	4/10/2024	Third Amendment to PPA	VERSANT POWER	Silver Karsh, Arielle	1
234	1/12/2024	Letter to Maine PUC	NEW ENGLAND AQUA VENTUS	Thaler, Jeff	1
232	6/30/2023	Docket No. 2010-00235 Project Update Between Maine Aqua Ventus and CMP - 06.30.2023	NEW ENGLAND AQUA VENTUS	Buxton ESQ, Anthony	1
231	12/13/2022	NEAV Semi Annual PUC_CMP Report	NEW ENGLAND AQUA VENTUS	Thaler, Jeff	1
230	11/23/2022	Semi-Annual Reports of New England Aqua Ventus, LLC	NEW ENGLAND AQUA VENTUS	Thaler, Jeff	2
229	11/23/2022	PROCEDURAL ORDER REGARDING STATUS REPORT	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
228	6/9/2021	This letter provides a project update as required under Section 2.4 of the Long-Term Contract for Capacity and Associated Energy: Maine Aqua Ventus I dated December 9, 2019.	MCEACHERN, DUNCAN	MCEACHERN, DUNCAN	1
227	3/25/2021	Maine Aqua Ventus Contract Filing (moved from secure 1/8/21 filing)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	2
226	12/11/2020	NEAV Update	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
225	9/14/2020	PROTECTIVE ORDER NO. 7	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
Dot Kelly 98 Pleasant Cove Road Phippsburg, ME04562 Email ID:dot@dkelly.org Phone No. :207-443-4787	12/11/2020	Commission Staff filed letter that is held completely confidential. Is the WHOLE document actually confidential? Filing 226 is submitted by the Commission staff. This docket does seem as whole pretty secret, but I request that Commission letters and filings be introduced as a public document as well, with only that information that is specifically "confidential" being redacted. As some may know, Verdant has been submitting a number of documents in dockets as whole confidential. I have intervened in those dockets in order to challenge the wholly confidential filings (submitted without a publicly available version with some redactions). In that vein, I am requesting the Commission also be more transparent and submit a redacted version of Filing 226. Thank you very much for providing a response to this (as a public document) in this docket even if the Commission decision is to not submit a redacted version.
Elsie Nester 337 Leaches Point Rd. Orland, Me. 04472 Email ID: esn@twc.com	7/7/2019	Why is our bill going up by $5.00 a month? CMP has overcharged us for a long period of time now. Why aren't things being done to STOP this?? This is PLAIN ABUSE. We, the elderly, cannot afford a pay increase and believe that CMP should be MADE to pay back all the $ they have stolen from us over the past years. PLEASE stop this , I am begging of you to do something NOW.
Clayton McKay 35 Bruce Tibbetts Drive Email ID: mckaydan2@gmail.com	11/29/2018	Vineyard Wind - Offshore Wind Project- Long Term Contract "The price for energy and RECs in the Phase 1 of the long-term contracts begins at $74 per MWh (nominal $), and the price for energy and RECs in the Phase 2 long-term contracts begins at $65 per MWh (nominal $). Each longterm contract has a 20-year term, starting at the COD of the relevant project, and the prices described above escalate by 2.5 percent each year of that term which starts in 2022 and runs until 2043. The 20-year average cost of the two long-term contracts' is $84.23 per MWh in levelized nominal dollar terms. This is equivalent to a levelized net present value price in 2017 dollars of $64.97 per MWh. " http://www.crmc.ri.gov/windenergy/vineyardwind/VW_ProposedLayout_20181109.pdf
James C. Monroe MIDCorp/Blue Water Dynamos 23 Lewiston Road POB 697 Gray, ME 04039 Email ID: MIDCORP1@MAINE.RR.COM Phone No.: 207-657-2330	6/6/2018	As the PUC goes about its deliberations regarding 2010-00235 the commission may be interested to know there is a large (10MW) tidal project off the coast of Maine in the early stages of consideration. The proposed design and technology to be employed requires no "dams" and will cause no significant interference to the resident species and will cause only temporary minor disturbance to the local habitat and environment. As is well known tidal power is the most reliable and predictable of the clean renewable energy alternatives.
Isobel Michaud 162 Hawk Road, Acton, Maine	5/18/2018	As I understand it, the finalization of the 2014 Power contract is underway and thus the terms of plan-specifically the power purchase rate-are being examined in light of economic changes over the past four years. In reviewing and finalizing this contract, I strongly urge the Commission to retain the premium electricity rate guarantee, in order to ensure that the Maine Aqua Ventus project is financially able to proceed, the first American floating turbine technology is successfully deployed, and the State of Maine establishes itself as the national leader in deep-water wind turbine power generation.	Resource Extraction Memo.docx
Charles Hudson PO Box 99 Liberty, ME04949 Phone No. :111-111-1111	5/11/2018	Attached - public comments Mr.Hudson sent to CASD by letter for this case.	Charles Hudson Public Comments.pdf
Jake Turd Maine	2/26/2018	University of MAV. For profit. Monhegan for sale.
Mr. McGreedy Port Clyde	2/22/2018	Wait. $6,000,000 plus payment to Monhegan 's fishermen? Just for rolling over? Hahahaha
Glen Libby Port Clyde, Maine Email ID: Rider0503@aol.com	2/21/2018	There is plenty of data that is easily accessed that shows that the ocean bottom is much more valuable to fishermen and our state economy as fishing bottom instead of mooring sites for floating wind turbine platforms. The AV platforms take up one square mile per turbine. The project formerly known as a test project is small but undoubtedly is a precursor to much larger installations. Over time we will ultimately learn that these monstrosities are not only inefficient economically but short sighted. 20 years is a short shelf life and is likely optomistic given the harsh ocean environment. Given all that perhaps the biggest loss will be trust between the university of Maine and our fishing community. UM used to be considered an ally of our fisheries, this will drive a wedge that will become more entrenched with each turbine placed in the ocean ruining access to the fishing bottom. The cost of this mistrust between fishermen and UM alone makes this whole venture a very bad idea. Respectfully submitted Glen Libby
Jim Gerritsen Wood Prairie Family Farm 49 Kinney Road Bridgewater ME 04735 Email ID: jim@woodprairie.com Phone No.: 207-429-9765	2/21/2018	See Attachment	02.21.2018.PUC.Letterhead.pdf

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Buxton ESQ, Anthony	UNIVERSITY OF MAINE	PO Box 1058 45 Memorial Circle Augusta ME 04332	Email ID: abuxton@preti.com Phone Ph: 207-623-5300 Fax: Fax: 207-623-2914
Clary, Susan		83 Edison Drive Augusta ME 04336	Email ID: susan.clary@cmpco.com Phone Ph: 207-621-7890 Fax:
Clisham Esq., Michael R		101 Cianbro Square Pittsfield ME 04967	Email ID: mclisham@cianbro.com Phone Ph: 207-558-7858 Fax:
Cunningham, Celina		62 State House Station Augusta ME 04333 0062	Email ID: celina.cunningham@maine.gov Phone Fax:
Dalton, John	PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-M PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-O	22 Devens Street Concord MA 01742	Email ID: jdalton@poweradvisoryllc.com Phone Ph: 978-831-3368 Fax:
Donahue Esq., Joseph		PO Box 1058 45 Memorial Circle Augusta ME 04332	Email ID: jdonahue@preti.com Phone Ph: 207-623-5300 Extn: 3293 Fax: Fax: 207-623-2914
Dow, Kimberly A		80 Exchange St. P.O. Box 1210 Bangor ME 04402 1210	Email ID: kdow@eatonpeabody.com Phone Ph: 207-947-0111 Fax: Fax: 207-942-3040
Duncklee, Luke		83 Edison Drive Augusta ME 04336	Email ID: luke.duncklee@cmpco.com Phone Ph: 207-623-3521 Extn: 2418 Fax:
Fenniman, Andrew			Email ID: afenniman@gmail.com Phone Fax:
Ferdinand JR, William V		77 Sewall St, Suite 3000 Augusta ME 04330	Email ID: BFerdinand@eatonpeabody.com Phone Ph: 207-622-3747 Fax: Fax: 207-622-9732

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Staff Name	Role
Cook, Christine	Staff Analyst
Coty, Dale	Support Staff
Creamer, Robert	Reviewer
McColman, Jordan	Hearing Examiner
Wyman, Liz	Hearing Examiner
Zeh, Sally	Staff Analyst

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Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Buxton ESQ, Anthony	UNIVERSITY OF MAINE	PO Box 1058 45 Memorial Circle Augusta ME 04332	Email ID: abuxton@preti.com Phone Ph: 207-623-5300 Fax: Fax: 207-623-2914
Frawley, Erin DNU	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	86 Edison Drive Augusta ME 04336	Email ID: CMPRegAdmin@avangrid.com Phone Ph: 207-621-3871 Fax: Fax: 207-621-4714
Killeavy, M DO NOT USE	MAINE PUC PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-M PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-O		Email ID: mkilleavy@poweradvisoryllc.com Phone Fax:
Moser Esq., N. Joel	STATOIL	100 Middle Street P.O. Box 9729 Portland ME 04101	Email ID: jmoser@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-228-7155 Fax: Fax: 207-774-1127
PUBLIC ADVOCATE, OFFICE OF THE	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	112 State House Station Augusta ME 04333 0112	Email ID: opa.admin@maine.gov Phone Ph: 207-624-3687 Fax: Fax: 207-287-4300
Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	83 Edison Drive Augusta ME 04336	Email ID: CMPRegAdmin@avangrid.com Phone Ph: 207-242-8438 Fax: Fax: 207-621-4714
Versant Power - BHE, Regulatory	BANGOR HYDRO ELECTRIC COMPANY	P.O. Box 932 Bangor ME 04402 0932	Email ID: Regulatory@versantpower.com Phone Ph: 207-973-2898 Fax: Fax: 207-973-2980