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Renewables & EfficiencyDockets 7032
Vermont Department of Public Service
| PSB Docket No. 7032: Joint Petition of Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. ("VELCO"), Green Mountain Power Corporation ("GMP") and the Town of Stowe Electric Department ("Stowe") for a Certificate of Public Good pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248 authorizing VELCO to upgrade a substation in Moretown, Vermont; construct .3 miles of side by side, single pole tap; construct a switching station in Duxbury, Vermont; construct 9.4 miles of 115 kV transmission line; upgrade an existing GMP 34.5 kV subtransmission line, construct a substation in Stowe, Vermont; and for Stowe to construct 1.05 miles of 34.5 kV subtransmission line in Stowe, Vermont |
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Electronic copies of the following filings are posted below:
- Department of Public Service direct testimony and exhibits
- Agency of Natural Resources direct testimony and exhibits
- Division of Historic Preservation direct testimony and exhibits
- Gregg Hill Residents direct testimony and exhibits
- Meadow Crest Lane Home Owners Association direct testimony
- Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission direct testimony
- Lamoille County Planning Commission direct
testimony
Direct testimony and exhibits of VELCO, GMP and Stowe Electric Department
Rebuttal testimony of all parties (if available electronically)
Department of Public Service direct testimony and exhibits
- Prefiled testimony of Riley Allen presenting an overview of the Department's case and identify the supporting witnesses in the subject matter areas reviewed. Mr. Allen reviews the project in relation to the statutory criteria that must be met for approval of the project. Mr. Allen is also the Department's subject matter witness on issues related to the forecaset and related issues of need.
- Prefiled testimony of Sean Foley discussing the economic impact of the Lamoille County Study Area (LCSA) project as measured pursuant to 30 V.S.A. 248(b)(4).
- Prefiled testimony of David Raphael addressing whether the Lamoille
County Project, as currently proposed, will have undue adverse effect
on aesthetics and scenic beauty.
Exhibit 1: Aesthetic assessment and recommendations, report cover
Exhibit 1: Aesthetic assessment and recommendations, report
Exhibit 2: Transmission structures
Exhibits 3-5: Mitigation analysis (3), Overview map (4), Proposed aerial reroute map (5)
Exhibit 6: Blush Hill section line of sight
Exhibit 7-8: Waterbury viewshed map (7), Waterbury viewshed from the water map (8)
Exhibit 17: Typical visual impacts of utility lines and corridors
- Prefiled testimony of George Smith describing
his review and technical evaluation of the proposed project from a transmission
perspective and providing conclusions and recommendations resulting from
this review.
Exhibit DPS-GES-1: George Smith Resume.
- Prefiled testimony of Carole Welch discussing the results of her review of the Petitioners' analysis of energy conservation programs and measures and energy efficiency and load management measures as an alternative or partial alternative to the proposed transmission upgrade.
- Prefiled testimony of Carla White and Larry Crist sponsoring the Vermont
Department of Health's ("VDH") Position Paper ("VDH Position
Paper") on Electric and Magnetic Fields ("EMF") and the
Vermont Electric Power Company ("VELCO") Lamoille Project. The
VDH Position Paper (1) describes the current scientific view of human
health effects related to EMF; (2) analyzes whether the projected EMF
for the Lamoille Project will be less, the same, or greater than the existing
power lines are projected to produce; (3) analyzes whether the VELCO testimony
corresponds with the current scientific view of human exposure to EMF;
(4) provides VDH's policy on prudent avoidance; (5) describes and discusses
public comments posed at public hearlings on the Lamoille Project; and
(6) analyzes whether the Lamoille Project specifically poses any EMF concerns
from VDH's perspective.
Testimony title page
Testimony
Exhibit 1: Carla White resume
Exhibit 2: Lawrence Crist resume
Exhibit 3: Department of Health position paper
Agency of Natural Resources direct testimony and exhibits
- Testimony of John Austin providing
ANR's position on the proposed project with respect to the impact to necessary
wildlife habitats.
Exhibit ANR-JA-1: Resume of John Austin
Exhibit ANR-JA-2: Guidelines for the review & mitigation of impacts to the white-tailed deer winter habitiat in Vermont, 1999 - Testimony of Susan K. Bulmer providing
the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation and ANR's position on
the impacts of the transmission project to park and recreational visitors
to Little River State Park, Waterbury Center State Park, Blush Hill Access
Area, Waterbury Dam Access Area, Cotton Brook Access Area, and Waterbury
Reservoir; and providing recreational use information related to the recreational
facilities associated with Waterbury Reservoir.
Exhibit ANR-SB-1: Resume of Susan K. Bulmer
Exhibit ANR-SB-2: FERC application #2090 for Hyrdroelectric Project, August 27, 1999 - Testimony of Diane L. Frederick providing
the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation's postition on the proposed
Project with respect to impacts on state-owned lands, namely the Mount
Mansfield State Forest, and all associated approved uses of those lands,
under the environmental criteria reviewed by the Public Service Board
pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248(b)(5), and to provide testimony as to whether
the proposed VELCO project is consistent with the Long Range Management
Plan (LRMP) for the Mount Mansfield State Forest.
Exhibit ANR-DF-1: Resume of Diana L. Frederick
Exhibit ANR-DF-2: Long Range Management Plan for Mount Mansfield State Forest
Exhibit ANR-DF-3: FPR policy #16, Utility easements
Exhibit ANR-DF-4: ANR FY2006 Work Project Plan, Mount Mansfield State Forest, Blush Hill Block - Testimony of Kim Greenwood providing ANR's position on the proposed Project with respect to a number of the environmental criteria that are reviewed by the Public Service Board pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248(b)(5), specifically, the Project's construction impacts, which are touched upon under several criteria, including but not limited to, headwaters (1(A)), streams (1(E)), shorelands (1(F)), and soil erosion (4).
- Testimony of Anne Hunter providing ANR's position on the proposed Project with respect of several water-related environmental criteria reviewed by the Public Service Board pursuant to 30 V.S.A. §248(b)(5), specifically the Project's construction impacts, which are touched upon under several criteria, including headwaters (1(A)), streams (1(E)), shorelands (1(F)), and soil erosion (4).
- Testimony of Shannon Morrison providing ANR's position on the proposed Project with respect to impacts on wetlands under the environmental criteria reviewed by the Public Service Board pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248(b)(5).
Division of Historic Preservation direct testimony and exhibits
- Testimony of Judith Williams Ehrlich providing the Division of Historic Preservation's position on the proposed Project's potential impacts to historic building, structures, historic districts, historic landscapes and settings, and know or potential archeological resources, in accordance with 30 V.S.A. § 248(b)(5).
Gregg Hill Residents direct testimony and exhibits
- Testimony and exhibits of Frederick D. Abraham concerning invisibility of the alternative route proposed by the Gregg Hill Residents for the 115 kV lines proposed by VELCO from Route 100, and the aesthetic impact of VELCO's proposed route on his home and on the aesthetics of his neighborhood.
- Testimony and exhibits of William D. Orr proposing an alternative route for the 115 kV/34.5 kV lines proposed by VELCO, describing the benefits of the alternative compared with VELCO's route, and showing that the proposed alternative route would also be an improvement over the route of the existing 34.5 kV line.
Meadow Crest Lane Home Owners Association direct testimony
Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission direct testimony
Lamoille County Planning Commission direct testimony