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rebelgirl Member Profile rebelgirl  
Sunday, December 02, 2007 9:32:41 AM
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Laidlaw President's response regarding the queue-


The current "queue" process in NH is outdated and is being replaced by a
new system. See the text of Senate Bill 140 below as well as the link to
further info. There have been several public meetings in NH discussing
this. The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission will be releasing its
preliminary findings on this matter on 12/1/07 and then it is expected
that the legislature will take up the matter and craft a final solution.

The whole point of this exercise is to replace to current system, which
disproportionately allocates the costs of any transmission upgrades, with
a new system that shares the costs among generators and rate payers.

We are having ongoing discussions with NHPUC on this matter. While it is
likely that we will submit an application to enter the "queue" in the next
few weeks when we close on the property, we recognize that the entire
system is being replaced and the costs associated with conducting system
and transmission studies concerning the potential upgrades will be spread
among the stakeholders. Anybody with 10k can enter the queue. What will
separate the wheat from the chaff will be when it comes time to fund the
costs of the above studies and participants have to start writing checks
for 50k or more. I know we have the funds budgeted to do so, but I
suspect some of the more questionable projects will drop out of the
process at that point.

Another point is that according to Public Service of New Hampshire, the
owner of the transmission lines to which the project will connect, there
is 100 megawatts of available transmission capacity currently. Any party
can use this available transmission, subject to the PUC's Minimum
Interconnection Standards. While this is not a long term solution if
other significant resources are built on the system, it will likely give
us a few years lead on other parties, since our project can be built
fairly quickly due to the existing plant infrastructure.

Of course, the foregoing alse does not take into account any potential
contractual mitigants we may implement to address the potential
transmission risk.

I hope this has addressed your question.

Regards,

Michael


NH Senate Bill 140, which Governor Lynch signed into law in July 2007,
states:

Transmission Infrastructure; Action by Public Utilities Commission. It is
in the public interest and to the benefit of New Hampshire to encourage
the development of renewable energy. In order to develop substantial
electric generation from renewable energy, existing transmission
infrastructure, particularly in the northern part of the state, will need
to be upgraded or replaced or new transmission facilities will need to be
built. Appropriate upgrades to the transmission infrastructure are
important to economic development. The public utilities commission, in
furtherance of its duties under RSA 374-F:8, shall facilitate discussions
among parties interested in the upgrade of electricity transmission in the
northern part of the state.The public utilities commission shall file a
report with the general court by December 1, 2007 that describes: the
existing electricity transmission system in New Hampshire; the current
process for siting, constructing, and financing transmission upgrades and
expansion;the approximate costs of potentially appropriate transmission
upgrades; approaches pursued by other states to encourage transmission
expansion related to renewable generation; and actions the public
utilities commission has taken to advance New Hampshire interests with
respect to transmission.

More info on the process can be found here:

http://www.puc.state.nh.us/Electric/Policy/Scenario_Analysis_and_Transmission.htm


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