Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc.(fka LLEG)

[rich sears]

You can find many answers to your questions about the EFSEC process here.
http://www.nhsec.nh.gov/

What is important to understand for an investor in my opinion is that the application or permit acceptance is not a given despite what some here might try to lead you to believe. Yes the EFSEC committee makes the final decision. Some here believe it will be accepted quickly and without challenge. However there are many factors that must be taken into consideration. That point was made evident during the recent Nobel wind farm application. Noble Environmental Power officials went through many months of hearings to get approval from New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee. Read more about it here. And that project had little opposition in comparison to the Berlin Project.
http://www.nhpr.org/node/25501.

Another very important fact to understand is the intervener status. Basically this allows individuals and/or groups an opportunity to participate in the permit process. This is an important fact to understand since the City of Berlin has stated it is planning to file for intervener status. The current Mayor and Council have made their dislike for the Laidlaw project very public. The city has hired an attorney http://www.drm.com/attorney/bio/n:_jonathanPeress who specializes in air quality and climate change regulatory and policy matters to represent them for the EFSEC process.
Which effectively stopped the Ellicottville project.

And I have heard there are other entities preparing to request intervener status over concerns of negative impacts this project would have region and Statewide, should an application ever be filed.

There is an effort by some Laidlaw supporters within the community of Berlin to try and unseat the current Mayor and Council in the coming election this November. It is clear among Berlin residents that the upcoming election will be a referendum on the project given the candidates running. The application process is costly and lengthy. Laidlaw realizes they have an uphill battle with the current administration. Which is why I believe you would not see an application until after the elections, if at all.

There are many who will continue to dismiss and trivialize my input here. That is fine with me. But that attorney is sounding pretty good from where I sit.
Which happens to be within site of a giant stack in the middle of the most densely populated part of downtown Berlin NH.

It’s like someone once told me; investing in a penny stock is akin to buying a scratch ticket, use your spare change. Have fun and thanks for playin NH lottery’s newest game “Berlin’s Future”!

;)