Vermont Public Service Board
March 2005 Orders and Decisions
ORDERS ENTERED MARCH 3, 2005
6976 ORDER AND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD ("CPG").
Petition of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC for a certificate of
public good, pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248(j), authorizing the
construction of parking lots totaling 991 spaces and related access
road and security lighting, along with minor improvements to an
existing parking area by the so-called Governor Hunt House, other
miscellaneous parking and roadway improvements and the relocation of a
certain portion of the proposed security barrier system, on the site of
its electric generation station in the Town of Vernon,
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CPG #NM-150
FINDINGS, ORDER, AND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD APPROVING APPLICATION
of Alain and Margaret Ratheau for an interconnected net metered wind
turbine and photovoltaic electrical power system
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ENTERED MARCH 4, 2005
6839 ORDER
RE: NECESSARY AESTHETIC MITIGATION AT THE TAFTS CORNER
SUBSTATION. Joint Petition of Vermont Electric Power Company,
Inc., Green Mountain Power Corporation and Vermont Electric
Cooperative, Inc., for a certificate of public good authorizing the
construction of a substation at Tafts Corners and the construction of a
switching station on Hinesburg Road in Williston, Vermont, and the
associated construction and improvement of transmission lines from
Tafts Corner to the switching station to the existing Digital
substation to Dorset Street in South Burlington, Vermont
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6812-A PREHEARING
CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM. Petition of Entergy Nuclear Vermont
Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. for a certificate of
public good to modify certain generation facilities at the Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Station in order to increase the Station's
generation output IN RE: Petition of Central Vermont Public
Service Corporation seeking resolution of a dispute with Entergy
Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC regarding the Ratepayer Protection Plan, as
it relates to the June/July 2004 Vermont Yankee Power Station
fire-related outage
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CPG #NM-90
FINDINGS, ORDER, AND AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD APPROVING
APPLICATION of Wind NRG Partners, LLC for an interconnected net metered
photovoltaic electric power system
CPG #NM-157 FINDINGS,
ORDER, AND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD APPROVING APPLICATION of Paul and
Patricia Highberg for an interconnected net metered photovoltaic
electrical power system
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ENTERED MARCH 7, 2005
7043 PREHEARING CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM. Petition of
Green Mountain Power Corporation for approval of a Voluntary Renewable
Pricing Program pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 8003
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ORDER
ENTERED MARCH 8, 2005
7032 PROCEDURAL ORDER RE: THIRD ROUND OF MOTIONS TO
INTERVENE. Joint Petition of Vermont Electric Power Company,
Inc., Green Mountain Power Corporation and the Town of Stowe Electric
Department for a certificate of public good, pursuant to 30 V.S.A.
Section 248, authorizing the so-called Lamoille County 115 kV Project,
consisting of the construction of a transmission line from Stowe to
Duxbury, Vermont, and accompanying facilities
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ORDERS
ENTERED MARCH 11, 2005
6467 ORDER APPROVING PETITION of Theodore G. Hedges &
Sons, Inc., d/b/a Crystal Springs Water Company, for approval to borrow
up to $600,000 for the general upgrade of its system
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6860 ORDER RE:
MOTIONS TO ALTER OR AMEND AND REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION AND OTHER
CORRECTIONS. Petitions
of Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. (VELCO) and Green Mountain
Power Corporation (GMP) for a certificate of public good, pursuant to
30 V.S.A. Section 248, authorizing VELCO to construct the so-called
Northwest Vermont Reliability Project, said project to include: (1)
upgrades at 12 existing VELCO and GMP substations located in Charlotte,
Essex, Hartford, New Haven, North Ferrisburgh, Poultney, Shelburne,
South Burlington, Vergennes, West Rutland, Williamstown, and Williston,
Vermont; (2) the construction of a new 345 kV transmission line from
West Rutland to New Haven; (3) the reconstruction of a portion of a
34.5 kV and 46 kV transmission line from New Haven to South Burlington;
and (4) the reconductoring of a 115 kV transmission line from
Williamstown to Barre, Vermont –
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7052 ORDER SUSPENDING
RATE DESIGN FILING of City of Burlington Electric Department AND NOTICE
OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE scheduled for March 29, 2005, at 9:30 A.M., at
the Public Service Board Hearing Room before Ennis John Gidney, Hearing
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CONTRACT
ENTERED MARCH 11, 2005
SC 771 ELECTRIC Special Contract approval between Green
Mountain Power Corporation and Northern Power Systems
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ENTERED MARCH 14, 2005
7045 FINAL ORDER APPROVING PETITION of Americatel
Corporation d/b/a 1010 123 Americatel, for Approval of Indirect
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7047 PREHEARING
CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM. Petitions of: (1) USGen New England,
Inc. for consent to transfer its Bellows Falls Project to the Vermont
Hydroelectric Power Authority; (2) Town of Rockingham and Vermont
Hydroelectric Power Authority for certificates of public good and
consent to purchase, own, and lease the Bellows Falls Hydroelectric
Generating station; and (3) Bellows Falls Power Company for approval to
operate the Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station in Bellows
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ORDERS
ENTERED MARCH 15, 2005
6995 ORDER AND RENEWED CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD.
Petition of North Country Cablevision, Inc. for renewal of its
Certificate of Public Good for the Towns of Bakersfield, Berkshire, and
Montgomery, Vermont
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6996 ORDER AND RENEWED
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD. Investigation of Opticable, Inc., for
renewal of its Certificate of Public Good for the Town of Readsboro,
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7037 PREHEARING
CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM. Petition of EMDC, LLC for a Certificate of
Public Good authorizing the construction and operation of a temporary
wind measurement tower and associated meteorological equipment at each
of the following three sites: (1) East Haven Mountain located in the
Town of East Haven, Vermont; (2) an unnamed hilltop located near Seneca
Mountain in the Town of Ferdinand, Vermont; (3) an unnamed hilltop
located south of the Town of Brighton, Vermont
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7046 FINAL ORDER AND
CERTIFICATE OF CONSENT ("COC") APPROVING JOINT PETITION of Computer
Network
Technology Corporation, Condor Acquisition, Inc., and McDATA
Corporation for Approval of a Merger and Transfer of
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ORDER
ENTERED MARCH 16, 2005
CPG #NM-159 FINAL ORDER AND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD
APPROVING APPLICATION of Eugene Button for a certificate of public good
for an interconnected net metered farm system
ORDERS ENTERED MARCH 17, 2005
6914 ORDER OPENING INVESTIGATION AND NOTICE OF
PREHEARING CONFERENCE scheduled for April 5, 2005, at 9:30 A.M., at the
Public Service Board Hearing Room. INVESTIGATION into the
existing rates of Shoreham Telephone Company, Inc. In Re:
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6957 PROCEDURAL
ORDER RE: PROTECTIVE AGREEMENT. Investigation into
compensation for failure to meet performance measures under the service
quality plan for Verizon New England Inc., d/b/a Verizon Vermont, in
re: distribution of penalty amount
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7048 PROCEDURAL
ORDER RE: PROTECTIVE AGREEMENT. Joint Petition of RCC
Atlantic Long Distance, Inc. and National Mobile Communications
Corporation, d/b/a SoVerNet Communications, for Approval of a Transfer
of Assets
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CONTRACT
ENTERED MARCH 17, 2005
SC 714 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Special Contract approval
between Verizon Select Services, Inc. and a customer identified under
seal
ORDERS
ENTERED MARCH 21, 2005
6812-A ORDER RE: PETITION BY GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER
CORPORATION. Petition of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., for a certificate of public good to
modify certain generation facilities at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear
Power Station in order to increase the Station's generation output IN
RE: Petition of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
seeking resolution of a dispute with Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee,
LLC regarding the Ratepayer Protection Plan, as it relates to the
June/July 2004 Vermont Yankee Power Station fire-related outage
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7044 PREHEARING
CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM AND PROCEDURAL ORDER. Petition of City of
Burlington, d/b/a Burlington Telecom, for a certificate of public good
to operate a cable television system in the City of Burlington, Vermont
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ORDER
ENTERED MARCH 22, 2005
6792 ORDER RE: COMPLIANCE FILINGS. Joint
Petition of Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. ("VELCO"), and
Citizens Communications Company, d/b/a Citizens Energy Services
("Citizens"), for a Certificate of Public Good authorizing VELCO to
install a 115 kV circuit on Citizen's existing 48 kV, 6.47 mile
Irasburg - Mosher's Tap line located in the City of Newport and the
Towns of Irasburg and Coventry, Vermont, and to make certain substation
and line improvements in the Towns of St. Johnsbury, Irasburg, Highgate
and St. Albans, Vermont, to be known as the Northern Loop Project --
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ORDERS
ENTERED MARCH 24, 2005
6839 ORDER RE: VEGETATIVE SCREENING OF GMP/VEC 34.5
kV LINES. Joint Petition of Vermont Electric Power Company Inc.,
Green Mountain Power Corporation and Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
for a Certificate of Public Good authorizing the construction of a
substation at Tafts Corners and the construction of a switching station
on Hinesburg Road in Williston, Vermont, and the associated
construction and improvement of transmission lines from Tafts Corner to
the switching station to the existing Digital substation to Dorset
Street in South Burlington, Vermont
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7027 ORDER APPROVING
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT between Verizon New
England, Inc., d/b/a Verizon Vermont, and Level 3 Communications,
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7028 ORDER APPROVING
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT between Verizon New
England, Inc., d/b/a Verizon Vermont, and AT&T Communications of
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7041 SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER
RE: FINANCING. Joint Petition of Conversent Communications
of Vermont, LLC and PayPhone, LLC for Approval of a Transfer of
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CPG #NM-161 FINDINGS, ORDER, AND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
GOOD APPROVING APPLICATION of RSD Warehouse Services, Inc., for an
interconnected net metered photovoltaic electrical power system
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ENTERED MARCH 25, 2005
7038 ORDER RE: TRANSFER OF FACILITIES, DE MINIMIS
REGULATION, CERTIFICATE OF CONSENT ("COC") AND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
GOOD ("CPG"). Petition of USGen New England, Inc., for authority
to transfer its hydroelectric facilities located in Vermont to
TransCanada Hydro Northeast, Inc.; AND petition of TransCanada Hydro
Northeast, Inc. for a certificate of public good to own and operate
hydroelectric generation facilities in Vermont, and for de minimis
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ORDER
ENTERED MARCH 29, 2005
6946 & 6988 ORDER REQUIRING $3.3 MILLION REFUND AND
1.88% RATE DECREASE FOR CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORP.
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ENTERED MARCH 30, 2005
7054 ORDER OPENING INVESTIGATION into the rates and
charges of the Berlin Water Company, Inc. AND NOTICE OF HEARING
(Prehearing Conference) scheduled for April 14, 2005, at 9:30 A.M., at
the Public Service Board Hearing Room, Third Floor, Chittenden Bank
Building, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT - before Peter Meyer,
Hearing Officer
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CPG 486 ORDER REVOKING American Public Payphone Corps.'
Certificate of Public Good to Operate as a Telecommunications Provider
in the State of Vermont
CPG 796-R FINDINGS,
ORDER, AND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC GOOD APPROVING PETITION of 800
Response Information Services, LLC to operate as a provider of
telecommunications services in Vermont
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ENTERED MARCH 31, 2005
6946 and 6988 ORDER RE: EXTENSION OF TIME FOR
FILING REVISED TARIFFS. Investigation into the existing rates of
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation and Tariff filing of Central
Vermont Public Service Corporation requesting a 5.01% increase in its
rates, effective August 29, 2004, for implementation as of April 1,
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7047 ORDER RE:
INTERVENTION. Petitions of: (1) USGen New England, Inc. for
consent to transfer its Bellows Falls Project to the Vermont
Hydroelectric Power Authority; (2) Town of Rockingham and Vermont
Hydroelectric Power Authority for certificates of public good and
consent to purchase, own, and lease the Bellows Falls Hydroelectric
Generating station; and (3) Bellows Falls Power Company for approval to
operate the Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station in Bellows
Falls, Vermont, and for de minimus regulation Petition of Entergy
Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., for a
certificate of public good to modify certain generation facilities at
the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in order to increase the
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