Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2022-00100

Case Status:

Open

Utility/Industry Type :

Other

Utility/Industry Subtype :

Other

Case Type :

REQUEST FOR APPROVAL

Case Subtype :

MISCELLANEOUS

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

NEW ENGLAND AQUA VENTUS

Case Title :

REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF LONG-TERM CONTRACT PERTAINING TO NEW ENGLAND AQUA VENTUS.

Initiating Filer :

COMMISSION, MPUC

Case Start Date :

4/1/2022

Assigned Staff :

Benedict.Cracolici,
Dale.Coty,
Faith.Huntington,
liz.wyman,
Sally.Zeh,
Sarah.Coleman,
Michael.Simmons,
Christine.R.Cook,
robert.a.creamer

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Filings (103) Data Requests (0)Public Comments (7) Active Party and Notification List (36) Assigned Staff (9)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
103	3/28/2025	Procedural Order Suspending Negotiations	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
102	12/19/2024	Procedural Order Granting Request for Extension	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
101	12/16/2024	CMP Comments CONFIDENTIAL	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills Y	1
100	12/16/2024	Versant Power Comments in response to Pine Tree Offshore Wind's Updated Term Sheet	VERSANT POWER	Joyce, Katherine A	4
99	12/16/2024	Reply Brief in Response to PTOW Submission of 12/11/24	GOVERNORS ENERGY OFFICE	Rosen Esq., Joshua	1
98	12/16/2024	Office of the Public Advocate Comments on Proposed Term Sheet	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	PUBLIC ADVOCATE, MAINE OFFICE OF THE	2
97	12/12/2024	Procedural Order	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
96	12/11/2024	Pine Tree Offshore Wind Brief and Term Sheet	PINE TREE OFFSHORE WIND LLC	Thaler, Jeff	11
95	12/11/2024	Pine Tree Offshore Wind Brief and Term Sheet	PINE TREE OFFSHORE WIND LLC	Thaler, Jeff	11	Per request by Preti Flaherty 12/11
94	11/14/2024	PROCEDURAL ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO AMEND SCHEDULE	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
CLAYTON DAN MCKAY Ratepayer, Inc. 35 Bruce Tibbetts Drive Dixfield, Maine 04224 Dixfield, Maine 04224 Email ID: mckaydan2@gmail.com Phone No.: 2074410479	12/17/2024	Consider these comments as a protest against the secretive and selective way the PUC has disregarded the ratepayers as worthy to see the term sheet or even the comments on the proposed LTC from OPA, CMP, Versant or the GEO. Who do you think would pay for this junk energy? It may be inconceivable, but the ratepayers have a good class action case against the PUC, especially considering your track record on approving LTCs. This is utter arrogance at levels never seen before.
Nancy E. Galland 63 Granite St. Email ID: nangalland18@gmail.com Phone No.: 2075938856	8/22/2024	Currently there isn't enough clarity on the costs to be considered on the OSFW project: the rate consumers will have to pay for electricity generated by this untested technology. On July 11 the PUC requested bids on this rate. Public Advocate William Harwood has concerns that the site's development costs should be ascertained before deciding on a bid. A research array requires millions of dollars to build a fully developed site. Yet there's no official Alternatives Analysis for site costs between Mack Point and Sears Island to date. According to reports, Sprague Energy's fully developed plan could save millions of dollars and can be ready two years sooner. The cost of destroying Sears Island's 100 acres of forests and wetlands for untested technology that could fail is incalculable. Last February Governor Mills eliminated Mack Point as an option, dismissing Alternatives Analysis updates. Cost comparisons in the Moffat & Nichols study (2021)relied on data generated from engineering firms dating back as far as 1983. Without updated bathymetric data, they positioned the Mack Point docks on shallow water which would require significant dredging. Sprague's updated plan locates the docks on deep water, reducing dredge requirements by 85%, costing about $50 million less. Sprague also offered to bear the expense of $30 million to improve the space on the designated site. Sprague has requested a re-cost estimate based on the corrected information, with no response forthcoming. Mack Point has most of the essential infrastructures already, reducing significant time and expense. Significant to electricity users: the Project Developer's profit margin from operating the terminal is based on the rate of return, i.e. the rate per kwh. Please wait for site Aternatives Analysis is completed before any further action.
Maine Legislature N/A	7/2/2024	Please see attached.	Lawrence PUC-Offshore Wind Letter 6.26.24.pdf
Maine Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology 2 STS Augusta, ME. 04330	6/25/2024	Please see Attached	2022-00100 Public Comment.pdf
Lisa Graham Addison Maine	6/22/2024	I totally disagree with agreeing to a power purchase agreement with Pine Tree Offshore Wind. My husband and son are both lobstermen and offshore wind will destroy the fishing industry. You need to listen to ALL Mainers not just the ones that will give you the votes. It is wrong to pass the strand costs to residential customers and now this?!! How do expect us to pay for electricity if you take our livelihood away? Please reconsider this agreement . In a side note my husband and I installed a heat pump a few years ago. I had NOT helped our electric costs. It has increased our monthly cost. Since we stopped using it our monthly bill decreased by $172!!!
Crystal stewart 57 Cape Head Rd addison Maine Phone No.: 956-393-8087	6/22/2024	Please do not bring offshore wind to the coast of Maine. This has the potential to be an environmental travesty. We do not yet fully appreciate its impact on the sea and its creatures, including whales. Its impact on the lobster fisherman could be devastating. Let your conscious rule and just say no.
Japhet Els AARP Maine 53 Baxter Blvd AARP Maine Email ID: jels@aarp.org Phone No.: 2072399569	6/10/2022	Submitted on behalf of AARP Maine.	Pine Tree Wind Public Comment signed (003).pdf

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Albert, Eben M		254 Commercial St Portland ME 04101	Email ID: ealbert@pierceatwood.com Phone Ph: 207-791-1282 Fax:
Burgess, Dan	GOVERNORS ENERGY OFFICE	ME	Email ID: Dan.Burgess@maine.gov Phone Fax:
Buxton ESQ, Anthony	NEW ENGLAND AQUA VENTUS	PO Box 1058 45 Memorial Circle Augusta ME 04332	Email ID: abuxton@preti.com Phone Ph: 207-623-5300 Fax: Fax: 207-623-2914
Chamberlin, Susan W	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	103 Water Street, 3rd Flr SHS #112 Hallowell ME 04347	Email ID: susan.w.chamberlin@maine.gov Phone Ph: 207-624-3679 Fax: Fax: 207-287-4300
Clary, Susan	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	83 Edison Drive Augusta ME 04336	Email ID: susan.clary@cmpco.com Phone Ph: 207-621-7890 Fax:
Connolly Esq., Timothy D.	VERSANT POWER	162 Canco Road Portland ME 04107	Email ID: Timothy.Connolly@avangrid.com Phone Ph: 207-233-6420 Fax:
Cunningham, Celina	GOVERNORS ENERGY OFFICE	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:
Donoghue Esq., Eliza		PO Box 743 Augusta ME 04332	Email ID: eliza@renewablemaine.org Phone Ph: 207-623-3889 Fax:
Faloon, Susan			Email ID: Susan.faloon@maine.gov Phone Fax:

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Staff Name	Role
Coleman, Sarah	Hearing Examiner
Cook, Christine	Staff Analyst
Coty, Dale	Support Staff
Cracolici, Benedict	Staff Analyst
Creamer, Robert	Hearing Examiner
Huntington, Faith	Staff Analyst
Simmons, Michael	Staff Analyst
Wyman, Liz	Reviewer
Zeh, Sally	Staff Analyst

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