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Case Number :	2017-00232	Case Status :	Open
Utility/Industry Type :	Electric	Utility/Industry Subtype :	Transmission and Distribution Utilities (T and Ds)
Case Type :	REQUEST FOR APPROVAL	Case Subtype :	CERTIFICATE OF FINDING OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE & NECESSITY
Pertaining to Utility/Company :	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Case Title :	REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CPCN FOR THE NEW ENGLAND CLEAN ENERGY CONNECT CONSTRUCTION OF A 1,200 MW HVDC TRANSMISSION LINE FROM QUEBEC-MAINE BORDER TO LEWISTON (NECEC) PERTAINING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY.
Initiating Filer :	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Case Start Date :	8/28/2017
Assigned Staff :	Christine.R.Cook, Denis.Bergeron, Faith.Huntington, Jordan.D.McColman, Kathryn.Arnott, LYNN.A.FORTIN, Mitchell.Tannenbaum, amy.mills
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Filings (648) Data Requests (10)Public Comments (1368) Active Party and Notification List (127) Assigned Staff (8)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
648	9/10/2019	Comments from Town of Livermore Falls	TOWN OF LICERMORE FALLS	Gould, Stephen J	1
647	8/5/2019	Comments of Town of Chesterville	TOWN OF CHESTERVILLE	Commission Staff, CMS	1
646	8/2/2019	Comments of Town of Jay	TOWN OF JAY	LaFreniere, Shiloh	1
645	7/25/2019	Comments of Town of Pownal	Morris, Jonathan	Morris, Jonathan	1
644	7/16/2019	Comments of Town of Moscow	TOWN OF MOSCOW	Beane, Donald	1
643	7/15/2019	Comments from Town of Anson	TOWN OF ANSON	Luce, Arnold	1
642	7/1/2019	NECEC Compliance Report - Stipulation Benefits	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	2
641	7/1/2019	NECEC Compliance Report - Fire And Safety Communications	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	3
640	7/1/2019	NECEC Compliance Filing - Tax Revenues	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	2
639	7/1/2019	NECEC Compliance Filing - Permitting Development and Construction	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	1

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
Paul Sylvain 35 Leavitt Street Skowhegan ME 04976	7/24/2019	See Attached	17-232 comments.pdf
Alice Elliott 21A River Road Topsham Maine Email ID: elliott.alice@gmail.com Phone No.: 207-737-9699	7/18/2019	These transmission lines create a real and significant risk of fire along this transmission corridor. Are the towns along the corridor equipped to be first responders? Does the Maine Forest Service have adequate equipment and staff to respond in a timely and effective manner? We are unthinkingly opening a can of worms with dangerous consequences. No credible analysis of risk was provided - - just specious economic and greenhouse gas predictions. A fire in the hundred mile wilderness in a dry summer could easily become catastrophic. Let's learn from California's experience with this same technology. California's Pacific Gas and Electric Co., (PG&E) "has said it would selectively pull the plug in an area that is home to 5.4 million people for as long as five days when hot, dry winds heighten the risk of its power lines sparking more fires. State investigators tied PG&E equipment to 19 major wildfires in 2017 and 2018, and in January the company sought bankruptcy protection, citing more than $30 billion in potential liability costs." "Vulnerabilities in PG&E's infrastructure combined with the impact of climate change contributed to hundreds of wildfires in California, including the deadly Camp Fire in 2018." Katherine Blunt, Wall Street Journal "PG&E Braces for Power Cuts; Tesla, Others See an Opening" July 15, 2019. katherine.blunt@wsj.com
Jack Bristol 12 Pleasant Knoll Email ID: jackwbristol@gmail.com Phone No.: 508-654-1418	6/16/2019	Please don't do anything to damage or alter the North Woods, that land should be a national park and nothing should damage the ecosystem and land.
Board of Selectmen Town of Industry 1033 Industry Road Industry, ME 04938 Phone No.: 207-778-5050	5/14/2019	Public Comments Attached	2017-00232.pdf
Mike Sova PO Box 286 Kingfield Maine Email ID: Mike.sova@verizon.net	5/5/2019	This project bring jobs and revenue to an area of Maine that needs it badly. I think the environmental impact will be minimal.
Doug Allen 6 Charles St. Orono, ME 04473	4/30/2019	Public Comments Attached	2017-232 Allen.pdf
Tom Saviello 11 School Lane New Sharon, ME04955 Email ID:drtom16@hotmail.com Phone No. :207-778-4046	4/10/2019	The record for Case No.2017-232 (NECEC)requires correction. Presently CMP has positioned and extensively cited Starks as a supporter of the project when there has never been a motion and vote by any official body in town as to that support. A number of town officials have stated their position in support of the project. They have often cited their elected positions which would seem to indicate they represented the town's position, but they were not in fact representing the town of Starks in their statements. However, CMP has taken this implication as fact when they have been advised, and should have known, not to.
John Fallon ME Email ID: fallonauto@verizon.net	4/10/2019	Comments attached.	CMP letter2.pdf
William Schmidt 19 Pine Grove Road, Pownal, ME 04069	4/8/2019	Questionable Backing Behind the Two Reports That CMP Used as "Economic Studies" CMP is using two "Economic Studies" as part of selling the project to Maine. CMP's studies make it look good for CMP. However, if you look behind those studies, we can see why. "NECEC TRANSMISSION PROJECT: BENEFITS TO MAINE RATEPAYERS ? The main author is Daniel E. Peaco, Principal Consultant at Daymark Energy Advisors. ? Daymark Energy Advisors is an energy consulting firm based in Worcester, Massachusetts. ? Before working at Daymark, Mr. Peaco worked for Central Maine Power from 1986-1996. Granted, just because he works for a company from Massachusetts and used to work for CMP does not make him a criminal, but it is unlikely that he or his firm can make an impartial assessment. THE ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND CLEAN ENERGY CONNECT IN MAINE ? This document was used to provide an estimate of the tax impact on the towns in the corridor. ? This document, published in September of 2017, was prepared by Ryan D. Wallace and Charles S. Colgan from The Maine Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Southern Maine. ? On the surface, this seems good. However, this document makes several references to the first questionable document. ? More interesting, is that the two authors received grants from "Power Engineers and Central Maine Power (Avangrid)" in the Spring to Summer of 2017, prior to the release of the report. ? Mr. Colgan didn't mention receiving the grant. Mr. Wallace noted the grant in his resume, and included Mr. Colgan as the Co-Principal Investigator. Again, just because they accepted grant money from CMP, does not mean that they are criminals, but it is unlikely they could make an impartial assessment. In a similar way, should we trust a report from Marlboro that indicates that smoking does not cause lung cancer?	Questionable CMP Economic Studies.docx
Roger Dennison 4 Taft Avenue Lexington, MA 02421 Email ID: rdennison@cdimeters.com Phone No.: 781-863-8774	4/5/2019	To slow the ravages of climate change we need to seize every opportunity to bring affordable clean energy into populous areas. NECEC is an excellent opportunity, with minimal environmental impact and offering an excellent source of hydropower to complement locally-produced solar and wind energy. Please approve it.

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Meil, Kathleen		P.O. Box 583 Rockport ME 04856	Email ID: kmeil@acadiacenter.org Phone Ph: 207-236-6470 Fax:
Donovan, Deborah		ME	Email ID: ddonovan@acadiacenter.org Phone Fax:
Boyb, Amy		ME	Email ID: aboyb@acadiacenter.org Phone Fax:
valigra, lori		PO Box 1329 Bangor ME 04402	Email ID: lvaligra@bangordailynews.com Phone Ph: 207-583-1121 Fax:
Keefe, Josh		1 Merchants Plaza Bangor ME 04401	Email ID: jkeefe@bangordailynews.com Phone Ph: 207-990-8259 Fax:
Hayden, Rachael		PO Box 9729 Portland ME 04104 5029	Email ID: rhayden@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-228-7136 Fax:
Libby, Marcia A		PO Box 9729 Portland ME 04104 5029	Email ID: mlibby@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-228-7346 Fax:
Moser Esq., N. Joel		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
Flumerfelt, John	CALPINE CORPORATION		Email ID: jflumerfelt@calpine.com Phone Fax:
Novosel, Sarah	CALPINE CORPORATION	875 15th Street NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20005	Email ID: sarah.novosel@calpine.com Phone Ph: 202-777-7623 Fax:

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Staff Name	Role
Arnott, Kathryn	Support Staff
Bergeron, Denis	Staff Analyst
Cook, Christine	Staff Analyst
FORTIN, ETHELYN	Support Staff
Huntington, Faith	Staff Analyst
McColman, Jordan	Staff Analyst
Mills, Amy	Staff Analyst
Tannenbaum, Mitchell	Hearing Examiner

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