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ELECTRONICALLY FILED
STATE OF MAINE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONInvestigation of Parameters for ExercisingAuthority Pursuant to the Maine Energy CostReduction Act, 35-A M.R.S. § 1901
Docket No. 2014-00071
March 20, 2015
NORTHEAST ENERGYSOLUTIONS,INC.'S STATEMENTIN OPPOSITION TO TENNESSEEGAS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC' SAPPEAL OF PROCEDURALORDER DENYING MOTION TOESTABLISH SCHEDULE
NOW COMES Northeast Energy Solutions, Inc. ("NEES"), and pursuant to Chapter 110,
§ 5(B) of the Rules of Practice and Procedure (the "Rules") of the Maine Public Utilities
Commission (the "Commission"), submits this Statement in Opposition to Tennessee Gas
Pipeline Company, LLC's ("TGP") motion to appeal the Procedural Order — Ruling on
Scheduling Motions issued by the Commission.
In support of its Statement in Opposition, NESS states as follows:
Background
1. On February 21, 2015, the Industrial Energy Consumer Group ("IECG") filed a
letter with the Commission, requesting the Commission to expedite this proceeding.
Thereafter, the Commission received additional motions concerning whether the
Commission should continue with the Schedule in Place or establish an amended schedule
with accelerated dates for Phase 2 of this proceeding.
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2. On March 12, 2015, the Commission issued a Procedural Order — Ruling on
Scheduling Motions denying the requests of IECG and TGP to establish an expedited
schedule for decision on the Phase 2 proposals by May or June of 2015.
On March 17, 2015, TGP filed a motion to appeal the Procedural Order, pursuant
to Chapter 110, § 11(D) of the Rules, and requesting the Commission to establish a
prompt schedule for the remainder of this proceeding ("TGP's Appeal"). TGP argues the
Commission is not acting with urgency and is acting against the legislative intent of the
Energy Cost Reduction Act.
Discussion
4. NEES submits that the Commission continues to act with urgency and with
jurisdictional prudence. The mandate of the Act is quite clear: The Commission must
conduct a cost benefit analysis of the purported benefits of any proposed pipeline
expansion contract. That notwithstanding, TGP's Appeal accuses the Commission of
repeating "all of the aspects of the energy cost crisis the Legislature itself considered in
fashioning the Act..." Nothing could be further from the truth. The Commission is
currently reviewing capacity proposals within the context of the modern economics of the
global energy market. The Legislature did not have a single developer proposal formally
before them during its deliberations in adopting the Act; nor, did the Legislature have the
ability to foresee the current seasonal differentiations from then to now. The Commission
is not re-litigating any elements that were eventually embodied within the Act. The
Commission, quite simply, is implementing the Act.
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The TGP Appeal again pleads for the Commission to encourage the State of
Maine to become an economic partner to TGP's proposed Northeast Direct project.
However, the TGP Appeal does not include any legal authority under the Act to
authenticate their plea. In fact, the Act requires the opposite as noted in the Commission's
Procedural Order — Ruling on Scheduling Motions issued by the Hearing Examiners on
March 12, 2015: "...the Act gives authority to the Commission to do so only after it has
determined that the benefits of a pipeline expansion contract will exceed its costs. The
analysis of the costs and benefits of pipeline capacity expansions is a complex
undertaking, for which the Commission has engaged London Economics International
(LEI), an expert consultant. LEI will employ sophisticated econometric and regional
energy modelling to gain a full understanding of the likely effects of each of the project
proposals. The results of this detailed analysis will be critical to the Commission's
decision-making..."
6. TGP's Appeal also provides some discussion regarding legislative intent by way
of quoting Senator Cleveland: "It is the goal of this legislation to accomplish the
following actions to address these cost increases and grid reliability threats.... Third,
with the newly created natural gas pipeline capacity purchase capability of the Public
Utilities Commission and through the participation in regional energy organizations by
public and utility officials, cause the development by 2017 of at least 2 billion
cubic foot per day additional natural gas pipeline capacity into southern New
England."
Notwithstanding whether two billion cubic feet per day of additional natural gas
pipeline capacity is required in our region to meet current and foreseeable, actual need,
sufficient capacity is being developed by way of other projects, both planned and.
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underway, as of March 16, 2015, in the northeast as shown in Exhibit A to this Statement
in Opposition. Moreover, none of the projects listed in Exhibit A —but for Northeast
Direct —are pleading to the State of Maine for financial viability.
7. TGP's Appeal also discusses purported ECRC "off ramps" being "ignore[d]" by
the Commission. However, TGP's analysis of their proposal's "flexibility" comparative to
Spectra's proposal only serves the Commission as an optimal example of why the
Commission must continue with detailed analysis.
According to TGP's Appeal, Spectra's flexibility is based upon developer
confidence in Spectra's proposed project proceeding solely "based on market support
irrespective of a Maine ECRC." In other words, Spectra will be building its proposed
capacity without the Commission endorsing any particular project as a result of this
proceeding.
Also according to TGP's Appeal, TGP's flexibility is based upon "exit
strategies... entered into at the conclusion of this proceeding." TGP goes onto quote its
own proposal in order to explain that the purported "exit strategies" would only be the
State of Maine's ability to sell the very capacity it had secured from TGP.
There is great need to examine these proposals in detail, and for the Commission
to not rely on any particular developer's unqualified assertions made at any time during
this proceeding.
8. TGP's Appeal asserts that NESCOE is stalled. Conversely, NESCOE's Annual
Report, dated March 11, 2015, states: "In 2015 and beyond, NESCOE will continue to
advance proposals and support market modifications that recognize the imperative that
regional planning and wholesale market mechanisms find an appropriate balance to
enable the states to execute the requirements of state energy and environmental laws,
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reflect consumer investment in local energy resources, and consider wholesale market
concerns. It is critical that federal regulators and the entities they regulate respect state
energy and environmental laws and reflect consumer investment in local energy
resources. These may include but are not limited to state renewable energy requirements,
implementation of microgrids, sustained aggressive investment in energy efficiency and
small local generation resources, and other means to enhance grid reliability and continue
progress to reduce the region's reliance on higher emissions fuel sources."
Further, according to a March 10, 2015 WBUR, a NPR news station, report by
Bruce Gellerman, As Winter Electricity Prices Jump, Mass. Debate Over Natural Gas
Pipelines Heats Up: "In the coming weeks, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is planning
to host fellow New England governors for an energy summit. Topic one for the Boston
gathering will be the soaring cost of electricity."
NESCOE may be retying up, not stalled.
Conclusion
Wherefore NEES respectfully urges the Commission to deny TGP's Appeal and uphold
the Procedural Order dated March 12, 2015.
Respectfully submitted on this 20t~' day of March, 2015.
i~..~ ~{ VBY: Northeast Energy Solutions, Inc.Vincent Devito, Esq.Bowditch &Dewey LLPOne International Place, 44th FloorBoston, Massachusetts 02210(617) 757-6500vdevito(a,bowditch. com
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, Feb
. 201
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ared
by N
orth
east
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ocia
tion,
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ch 2
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eld,
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ch, 2
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ly 2
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tiliti
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ve c
omm
itted
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ct a
s ini
tial
ship
pers
, at l
evel
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x. 5
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kath
erm
s per
day
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ERC
pre-
filin
g pr
oces
s as o
f 9-1
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pdat
edro
utes
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ounc
ed, 1
2 -8-
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. 201
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noun
ced
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icita
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st h
eld,
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2014
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n se
ason
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unce
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15 to
run
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ay 1
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15.
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ared
by N
orth
east
Cas
Ass
ocia
tion,
Mar
ch 2
015.
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ed on
publ
icly
-ava
ilabl
e in
form
atio
n; d
etai
ls m
ay ch
ange
.