Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2021-00369

Case Status:

Open

Utility/Industry Type :

Electric

Utility/Industry Subtype :

Transmission and Distribution Utilities (T and Ds)

Case Type :

COMMISSION INITIATED

Case Subtype :

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

VERSANT POWER^CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY

Case Title :

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS PURSUANT TO THE NORTHERN MAINE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Initiating Filer :

Commission Staff, CMS

Case Start Date :

11/16/2021

Assigned Staff :

Benedict.Cracolici,
Dale.Coty,
Daya.Taylor,
Deirdre.Schneider,
Faith.Huntington,
Julie.Pallozzi,
Pamela.Kowalchuk,
liz.wyman,
Sally.Zeh,
Mitchell.Tannenbaum,
Christine.R.Cook,
robert.a.creamer

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Filings (36) Data RequestsPublic Comments (15) Active Party and Notification List (372) Assigned Staff (12)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
158	5/11/2023	Versant Letter	VERSANT POWER	Silver Karsh, Arielle	1
156	5/9/2023	Versant Request for Relief From Submission Requirement	VERSANT POWER	Silver Karsh, Arielle	1
155	5/2/2023	Versant Power Letter	VERSANT POWER	Silver Karsh, Arielle	2
154	5/2/2023	Informational Filing From 2023-00054	Commission Staff, CMS	Commission Staff, CMS	1
150	3/8/2023	Massachusetts DOER Section 82 Maine Supplemental Determination Letter	Swain, Marian	Swain, Marian	1
147	2/3/2023	ORDER REGARDING MASSACHUSETTS DETERMINATION	Commission, MPUC	Commission, MPUC	1
146	1/30/2023	OPA Comments	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	PUBLIC ADVOCATE, OFFICE OF THE	1
145	1/30/2023	Comments	MAINE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE	Lucas, Ben	1
144	1/27/2023	GEO letter of support	GOVERNORS ENERGY OFFICE	Tremblay, Ethan	1
141	12/30/2022	Massachusetts Beneficial Determination Under Section 82	Swain, Marian	Swain, Marian	1

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
Paul Towle Aroostook Partnership PO Box 779 Email ID: ptowle@aroostookpartnership.org Phone No.: 2075516601	1/30/2023	Please see letter of support from Aroostook Partnership attached.	AP-PUC Spt Letter NMRG&T.pdf
Clayton Dan McKay Ratepayer, Inc. P O Box 344 Dixfield, Maine 04224 Email ID: mckaydan2@gmail.com Phone No.: 12074410479	1/28/2023	The most important data is how much will this cost Maine ratepayers, plain and simple. The benefits spun up so far are very focused on select groups. When the benefits are swirled into a mixture of jobs, property taxes, and a select few suppliers, you can be sure such commenters know not what cost impact this project will have on ratepayers. The PUC is the judge and must comply with their own words, that the costs to ratepayers will determine whether this project receives approval. It will cost ratepayers upon approval and for many years to come. Prove me wrong, if you can.
Kelly Flagg AGC Maine 188 Whitten Road Augusta, ME 04330 Email ID: kelly@agcmaine.org Phone No.: 2076224741	1/25/2023	See Attachement	Letter to PUC-LS Power 1.19.22.pdf
Senate President Troy Jackson 3 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333	1/25/2023	Commissioners Bartlett, Davis, and Scully, Please see the attached letter for my public comment on this matter. Thank you, Senate President Troy Jackson	Troy Jackson Public Comment.pdf
Eloise Vitelli Maine State Senate 73 Newtown Rd, Arrowsic, ME 04530 Email ID: Eloise.Vitelli@legislature.maine.gov Phone No.: (207) 798-1290	1/25/2023	Please see attachment.	Vitelli MPUC Docket No. 2021.00369 P.C..docx
Senator Harold 'Trey' Stewart Maine State Senate Maine State Senate 3 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 Email ID: trey.stewart@legislature.maine.gov Phone No.: 207-227-0569	1/25/2023	January 25, 2023 Maine Public Utilities Commission 18 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0018 Re: Docket No. 2021-00369 Dear Commissioners Bartlett, Davis and Scully: I strongly support the LS Power and the King Pine Wind Farm projects under consideration by the Maine Public Utilities Commission (Maine PUC) as it will deliver a positive economic impact in my Senate District. The project also creates a long-desired connection between Northern Maine and our regional grid. While LD 1710 gained positive bi-partisan support and was successful to start the process the Maine PUC can solidify the momentum by authorizing the utilities to enter contracts for the remaining 60% of benefits and costs. Besides delivering low-cost renewable energy into the marketplace, both projects will introduce significant jobs in the entire region. Those include the direct jobs from construction activity and the indirect impacts on local suppliers. Additionally, the project will assist with stabilizing energy costs, and provide oversight for both development and operation with our state regulators. It's also important to recognize the expansion of property taxes in towns as structures are built and put into service. While the specifics will be forthcoming, we know both projects have significant taxable value to areas in the state where those funds can be critical to budgets that have been constrained by economic conditions. The Maine PUC has an opportunity to address a long-standing challenge with connectivity to Aroostook County and through the process create highly skilled jobs, new tax revenue and future opportunity within the region by added transmission capacity. I recognize the timeline to respond is swift, but I encourage the Commission to take the next steps to secure contracts for this exciting project. Sincerely, Harold "Trey" Stewart State Senator	PUC - Docket 2021-00369.docx
Dan McKay Ratepayer, Inc. P O Box 344 Dixfield, Maine 04224 Email ID: mckaydan2@gmail.com Phone No.: 12074410479	10/15/2022	If the PUC has the option to delay the decision on offered proposals, it should consider it as the ISO-NE market is in very volatile price swings, currently, up ticking into territory never seen before. Without realistic comparisons to a stable market, offers are easily skewed to look better than they will be a few years and political changes from now. If the PUC sees fit to reject all offers, as it has the option to do, even better for the ultimate payers of this energy and infrastructure from the county. A new wave of realism could just overtake the new legislature that understands the energy mess taking place in Maine, in part a result of an overactive and extreme reaction by past legislatures to rush wind, solar and battery storage into a grid not ready for such an onslaught of intermittent resources. 2022/2023 should be a "cool down period" awaiting what will settle out from policies made in the last few years.
Rob Wood The Nature Conservancy in Maine 14 Maine St., Suite 401, Brunswick, ME 04011 Email ID: robert.wood@tnc.org Phone No.: 207-607-4813	4/5/2022	Please see the attached letter.	TNC letter re 2021-00369 (4.5.22).pdf
Paul Towle Aroostook Partnership PO Box 779 Email ID: ptowle@aroostookpartnership.org Phone No.: 207-551-6601	3/21/2022	Please see attached.	Northern Maine Renewable Energy PUC.pdf
Dan McKay Ratepayer, Inc. P O Box 344 Dixfield, Maine 04224 Email ID: mckaydan2@gmail.com Phone No.: 207-562-2015	1/11/2022	"The Commission reserves the right to modify the RFP schedule and process, including modifications that allow the Commission to seek clarifications to or modifications of proposals, or to seek additional or modified proposals, consistent with the objectives of the Act." The wholesale market is in chaos. Prices are hitting highs never seen in previous years. The influence these inflated prices will have on proposals stemming from this act will logically be skewed abnormally high, therefore the PUC would be persuaded to safeguard the customers of Maine by delaying this RFP until the market settles back to normal conditions.

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Abbott, Charles Lincoln		12 Mill Brook Road Plainfield CT 06374	Email ID: cabbott@greenleaf-power.com Phone Ph: 916-596-2503 Fax:
Abradi, Richard		35 Hartford Street Rumford ME 04276	Email ID: Richard.Abradi@catalystpaper.com Phone Ph: 207-369-2823 Fax:
Akers, Keith		250 West 57th Street Suite 701 New York NY 10107	Email ID: keith@syncarpha.com Phone Ph: 513-237-1749 Fax:
Albert, Eben M		PO Box 9729 Portland ME 04104 5029	Email ID: ealbert@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-228-7364 Fax:
Allegretti, Dan		ME	Email ID: daniel.w.allegretti@constellation.com Phone Fax:
Allen, Chad		PO Box 1000 Pittsfield ME 04967	Email ID: callen@cianbro.com Phone Ph: 207-553-2735 Fax:
Aronson, George		ME	Email ID: GARONSON@CRMCX.COM Phone Fax:
Assistant, Smith Legal LLC		P.O. 5418 4 Wabon Street, Suite 1 Augusta ME 04332 5418	Email ID: Assistant@smithlawmaine.com Phone Ph: 207-480-1543 Fax: Fax: 207-480-1532
Bailey, Ryan		55 Technology Drive Suite 102 Lowell MA 01851	Email ID: rbailey@borregosolar.com Phone Ph: 508-240-4256 Fax:
Baker, George		ME	Email ID: GBAKER@HBS.EDU Phone Fax:

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Staff Name	Role
Cook, Christine	Staff Analyst
Coty, Dale	Support Staff
Cracolici, Benedict	Staff Analyst
Creamer, Robert	Hearing Examiner
Huntington, Faith	Staff Analyst
Kowalchuk, Pamela	Support Staff
Pallozzi, Julie	Staff Analyst
Schneider, Deirdre	Staff Analyst
Tannenbaum, Mitchell	Reviewer
Taylor, Daya	Hearing Examiner

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