Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2011-00154

Case Status:

Closed

Utility/Industry Type :

Electric

Utility/Industry Subtype :

RPS Eligible - Community Based

Case Type :

REQUEST FOR APPROVAL

Case Subtype :

CERTIFICATION FOR RPS ELIGIBILITY

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

PISGAH MOUNTAIN, LLC

Case Title :

REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATION FOR RPS ELIGIBILITY PERTAINING TO PISGAH MOUNTAIN LLC

Initiating Filer :

PISGAH MOUNTAIN, LLC

Case Start Date :

4/25/2011

Assigned Staff :

Benedict.Cracolici,
Beverly.Shejen,
Leslie.Raber,
Sally.Zeh,
Mitchell.Tannenbaum,
Christine.R.Cook

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Filings (43) Data Requests (0)Public Comments (26) Active Party and Notification List (18) Assigned Staff (6)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
43	11/18/2016	Order (Approving Change in Ownership Structure)	COMMISSION, MPUC	COMMISSION, MPUC	1
42	11/1/2016	Recommended Decision	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	2
41	10/6/2016	Pisgah Mountain, LLC's Status Update Notice	PISGAH MOUNTAIN, LLC	Joyce, Katherine A	2
40	8/12/2016	Pisgah Mountain, LLC's Response to Information Request	PISGAH MOUNTAIN, LLC	Joyce, Katherine A	2
39	8/2/2016	Procedural Order (Information Request)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
38	7/1/2016	Pisgah Mountain, LLC's Supplemental Notice	PISGAH MOUNTAIN, LLC	Joyce, Katherine A	4
37	4/29/2016	Pisgah Mountain LLC Redacted Operating Agreement	PISGAH MOUNTAIN, LLC	Joyce, Katherine A	2
36	4/25/2016	Pisgah Mountain LLC Operating Agreement	PISGAH MOUNTAIN, LLC	Joyce, Katherine A	2
35	4/21/2016	Protective Order No. 3 (Proprietary Business Information)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
34	4/12/2016	Comments - Cianbro	CIANBRO ENERGY LLC	Hadlock, Parker	6	Deleted by PUC

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Peter Beckford 123 REBEL HILL RD Email ID: peterdbeckford@gmail.com Phone No.: 207-843-6916	11/4/2016	Regarding Docket # 2011-00154 Dear Members of the PUC, I must say it was pretty embarassing to read your staff's recommendation that the shell company Pisgah Mountain, LLC remain in the Maine Community Based Renewable Energy Program after its having been sold to SWEB and IW Holdings. I guess i was embarrassed that you and the staff were not only being asked to go along with such a scam, but that the staff was just parrotting the Bernstein Shur lawyer's reasons for approval. I am from Maine, and I like to think that Maine will not be taken advantage of this way. We're too smart and too proud for that. You members, the PUC staff, the various owners of the companies involved, the Bernstein Shur lawyers and the public all know what is afoot. The Maine public is being asked to pay higher rates so that these Canadian owners can make more money. Pisgah no longer has any say in the company. This is not a Maine-based company. When the wind development wants to buy a neighboring parcel in Clifton, the owner is dealing with Nova Scotia. The Maine people in Pisgah have no money at stake and no right to do what they want. They are controlled by the real owners. But you know that. You Members are our last line of defense, and all Maine ratepayers want you to spare us from paying for this embarassment. Sincerely, Peter Beckford
Alan Michka PO Box 182 New Portland, ME04961 Email ID:alan.michka@gmail.com Phone No. :207-628-2014	11/4/2016	Comments attached.	ARM_Comments_Pisgah_11.04.16.pdf
Antonio Blasi Schoodic Maine Guide POB 53 58 Point Rd. Email ID: antonioblasi1234@gmail.com Phone No.: 207-422-6854	10/23/2016	do not grant Pisgah Mountain LLC community-based status under its new structure.
Gary Steinberg self 95 Maple Ridge Rd, Lincoln, me. 04457 Email ID: gernish@yahoo.com Phone No.: 207-290-7693	10/13/2016	RE:Pisgah Mtn -COMMENT on Docket # 2011-00154 Dear PUC, This Pisgah Wind scam game concerning the continued milking of Maine Taxpayers out of their hard earned tax money must end as it concerns industrial grid scale projects in this state. I no longer am a resident of the State of Maine, although I am a local Maine camp taxpayer. The Rollins Wind project near my camp obtained a long term contract with First Wind at approximately $58 / MW, and that was absurd when TIF , PTC ,rapid depreciation and other tax benefits are added. This Pisgah project that is grid scale at over $90 MW/hr is a disgrace and should not be allowed. The wind scam is one of the reasons I no longer reside in Maine. The PUC should follow its mission statement and protect ratepayers and not succumb to the wind scam that pervades the state. Reject the present tax manipulation and wind scam tax grubbing game, for the benefit of Maine citizens please! Residents see this , and those of us who can move( as Maine deteriorates from such examples of what I consider tax fraud and abuse perpetrated on them by industrial wind) are taking note. Respectfully, Gary N. Steinberg (now residing in Florida)
Penelope Gray Harraseeket Inn 162 Main Street Freeport, Maine 04032 Phone No.: 207-865-9377	10/13/2016	Distinguished members of the Maine PUC: Regarding Pisgah Mountain LLC, does this corporation truly adhere to the definition of a community based project? Hasn't it just changed hands yet again, from Austrian ownership to Canadian ownership? Should Maine ratepayers and tax payers really be shelling out over twice the going rate for electricity in order to fatten their bottom line? The wind industry in Maine turning into quite the shell game. Please don't be intimidated by the wind developers' corporate lawyers. Stick up for the Maine people. Respectfully, Penelope Gray
Peter Beckford 44 Cox Hill Road Liberty, ME04949 Email ID:peterdbeckford@gmail.com Phone No. :207-589-3023	8/31/2016	Harry Lanphear August 31, 2016 Administrative Director Maine Public Utilities Commission 18 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0018 Re: Docket # 2011-00154 Pisgah Mountain, LLC request for amendment to Community-Based Renewable Energy certification Honorable members of the Maine Public Utilities Commission, I would like to make two points today regarding WEB/SWEB/Pisgah Holding's request to remain in the Maine Community-Based Renewable Energy Program (CBREP) in spite of Pisgah Mountain, LLC being sold to the Austrian owned Canadian subsidiary SWEB..... FIRST POINT Regarding the response to the PUC request of WEB/SWEB/Pisgah that they detail with a chart the net cash flow distribution provisions in Section 8: Their response is evasive and deceptive. Are you fooled? Back when they were more direct (March 8, 2016, page 3, ?Pisgah Holdings Financing Arrangement?), they stated to the PUC in the clearest terms possible that, ?Repayment on the loan will be made from 100% of the cash available for distribution to Pisgah Holdings?. Now they are omitting that detail and simply telling you that 51% of the profit for distribution will go to Pisgah Holdings. You are not fooled, correct? That is not profit. That is SWEB's ?100% of the cash available? gaining a whiff of ?Maine? as it passes through Pisgah Holdings and is instantly returned to SWEB. Pisgah Holdings has no say in the matter and they never see the money. The extent of cash distributed to Pisgah is merely what amounts to an allowance (4% royalty payment), and Paul Fuller's salary (which is not profit) from the real owners, SWEB. Their chart/diagram is incorrect to the point of being dishonest. The bottom arrow should be a loop that passes through, w/out touching, Pisgah Holdings and returns to SWEB. SECOND POINT	PUC Regarding SWEB's net cash flow .pdf
Matthew Pirie 96 Woodchuck Hill Road Clifton, Maine	6/22/2016	Please see attached letter.	Pisgah Mountain, LLC Project.docx
Peter Beckford 44 Cox Hill Road Liberty, ME04949 Email ID:peterdbeckford@gmail.com Phone No. :207-589-3023	6/2/2016	See Attachments.	PUC #2011-00154 Public comment by Beckford.pdf Attachment .pdf
Alan Michka PO Box 182 New Portland, ME 04961	5/16/2016	See attached comments.	ARM_Comments_Pisgah.pdf
Larry Dansinger None 21 Mt. Desert Drive, Bangor, ME 04401 Email ID: larryd@myfairpoint.net Phone No.: 207-262-3706	4/27/2016	This request for certification does not appear to be from a Maine company, in that all its funding is from outside the state, and so this certification should not be supported.

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Beckford, Peter		44 Cox Hill Road Liberty ME 04949	Email ID: peterdbeckford@gmail.com Phone Ph: 207-589-3023 Fax:
Bergeron, Mark		17 State House Station Land Resource Regulation Augusta ME 04333 0017	Email ID: mark.bergeron@maine.gov Phone Fax:
Hadlock, Parker		7 Ocean Street South Portland ME 04106	Email ID: PHADLOCK@cianbro.com Phone Fax:
Joyce, Katherine A		PO Box 9729 Portland ME 04104	Email ID: kjoyce@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-774-1200 Fax:
Kenway ESQ, Kimball	GOULDSBORO SOLAR LLC	54 Richardson St. Portland ME 04103	Email ID: kkenway@maine.rr.com Phone Fax:
Lavertu, Cindy C		P.O. Box 1210 Bangor ME 04402 1210	Email ID: clavertu@eatonpeabody.com Phone Ph: 207-947-0111 Extn: 8743 Fax: Fax: 207-942-3040
Libby, Marcia A		PO Box 9729 Portland ME 04104 5029	Email ID: mlibby@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-228-7346 Fax:
Logan, Jaimie		59 State House Station Augusta ME 04333	Email ID: jaimie.logan@maine.gov Phone Fax:
Michka, Alan		PO Box 182 New Portland ME 04961	Email ID: alan.michka@gmail.com Phone Ph: 207-628-2014 Fax:
Morgan, Ronald		ME	Email ID: ronald@evergreen-energy.net Phone Fax:

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Staff Name	Role
Cook, Christine	Staff Analyst
Cracolici, Benedict	Staff Analyst
Raber, Leslie	Hearing Examiner
Shejen, Beverly	Support Staff
Tannenbaum, Mitchell	Staff Analyst
Zeh, Sally	Staff Analyst

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