Docket No 468 Southwest CT Reliability Project

DOCKET NO. 468 - The Connecticut Light & Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Southwest Connecticut Reliability Project that traverses the municipalities of Bethel, Danbury, and Brookfield, which consists of (a) construction, maintenance and operation of a new 115-kV overhead electric transmission line entirely within existing Eversource right-of-way and associated facilities extending approximately 3.4 miles between Eversource’s existing Plumtree Substation in the Town of Bethel to its existing Brookfield Junction in the Town of Brookfield; (b) reconfiguration of two existing 115-kV double-circuit electric transmission lines at Eversource’s existing Stony Hill Substation in the Town of Brookfield; and (c) related substation modifications.

APPLICATION

Application Volume 1 - Description of the Proposed Project and Alternatives Analysis

Application Volumes 2 & 3 - Wetlands and Watercourses Report; Environmental

Application Volume 4 - Planning

Application Volume 5 Part 1 - Project Maps and Drawings

Application Volume 5 Part 2 - Project Maps and Drawings

Affidavits

Bill Insert and Legal Notice Affidavit

Community Groups Affidavit

Service List Affidavit

Water Company Affidavit

Sub-Abutter Affidavit

Bulk Filing #1:

Index

Regional Plan of Conservation and Development

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE

Municipal Fund Letter, 6/30/16

Completeness Review, 8/4/16

Council Interrogatories to Eversource, 8/26/16

Council Request to Eversource for Additional Information, 9/23/16

Commencement of Construction Notice, 3/1/18

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

Comments from the Department of Transportation, 8/29/16

Comments from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 9/19/16

Council Request for Additional State Agency Comments, 9/23/16

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

Town of Bethel Comments, 9/22/16
Town of Brookfield Comments and Request for Intervenor Status, 9/29/16 and Council Response, 10/4/16

PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS

Comments from Representative Harding, 10/3/16, and Council Response, 10/7/16

HEARING INFORMATION

Hearing Notice Package, 8/5/16

Pre-Hearing Teleconference Memo, 8/17/16

Proposed Hearing Procedure

Council's Administrative Notice

Hearing Procedure Memo, 8/25/16

Field Review Notice, 9/15/16

Schedule

Schedule, 8/4/16

Service List

Service List, 06/29/16

Service List, 08/01/16

Hearing Program

Hearing Program, 9/22/16

Transcripts

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 9/22/16

Public Comment Session Transcript, 9/22/16

Transcript Receipt Memo, 10/19/16

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

Applicant

Exhibits

Applicant's Responses to Council's Interrogatories, 9/9/16

Applicant's Witness List and Qualifications and Experience of Witnesses, 9/15/16

Direct Testimony of Raymond Gagnon, Allen Scarfone, Farah Omokaro, and Christopher Soderman, 9/15/16

Direct Testimony of Julia Frayer, 9/15/16

Direct Testimony of Louise Mango and Paul Knapik, 9/15/16

Applicant's Field Review Agenda and Maps, 9/21/16

Applicant's Public Hearing Video, 9/21/16

Applicant's Late Filed Exhibit, 9/27/16

Correspondence

Letter from Applicant requesting additional representative to Service List, 7/28/16

Pre-Filed Transmittal Letter, 9/15/16

Motions and Objections

Motion for Protective Order and Supporting Documents, 08/18/16

Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 9/2/16

Signed Protective Order, 9/1/16

Post Hearing Briefs and Draft Findings of Fact

Applicant's Cover Letter re Proposed Findings of Fact and Post Hearing Brief, 10/24/16

Applicant's Proposed Findings of Fact, 10/24/16

Applicant's Post Hearing Brief, 10/24/16

DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

Council's Draft Findings of Fact, 10/28/16

Applicant's Comments on Draft Findings of Fact, 11/03/16 Cover Letter

FINAL DECISION

Council's Decision Package, 11/15/16

DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT PLAN (D&M Plan)

Development and Management Plan, 06/15/17:

>Volume I - New 115-kV Transmission Line - Construction and Mitigation Procedures

>Volume II - New 115-kV Transmission Line - Maps and Drawings

>Volume I - Modifications to the Plumtree and Stony Hill Substations

>Volume II - Modifications to the Plumtree and Stony Hill Substations

>Volume III - Project-Wide Approvals, Permits, Plans, and Best Management Practices

CSC Decision and Staff Report on D&M Plan, 07/21/17

Compliance with Conditions of Approval, 08/31/17

Proposed Temporary Material Laydown and Staging Area Request, 09/12/17

CSC Decision on Temporary Material Laydown and Staging Area Request, 09/14/17

CSC Decision on the Independent Environmental Inspector, 09/15/17

Contractor Contact Information, 09/15/17

Notice of Construction Commencement, 11/10/17

Contractor Contact Information, 11/27/17

Contractor Contact Information, 01/16/18

Request for Proposed Shift in Temporary Access Road in Danbury, 02/13/18

Council Decision on Proposed Shift in Temporary Access Road in Danbury, 02/14/18

Contractor Contact Information, 02/14/18

Commencement of Construction Letter for Plumtree Substation Modifications, Bethel, 03/01/18

D&M Revision Request and Council Response, 03/21/18

D&M Temporary Work Hour Change Request and Council Response, 04/05/18

D&M Temporary Work Hour Change Request and Council Response, 04/20/18

D&M Temporary Work Hour Change Request and Council Response, 04/27/18

D&M Temporary Work Hour Change Request and Council Response, 05/02/18

D&M Temporary Work Hour Change Request and Council Response, 05/17/18

D&M Temporary Work Hour Change Request and Council Response, 05/24/18

Commencement of Operation Letter, 06/27/18

Acknowledgement of Condition 4, 09/28/18

Construction Completion Letter, 10/30/18

Motion for Protective Order, 03/18/19

Final Report (Redacted), 03/18/19

Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 03/29/19

Signed Protective Order, 03/28/19

Post-Construction EMF Monitoring Report, 04/30/19

D&M Change Request - New Wood Pole in Plumtree Substation, Bethel, 09/25/19

Council Decision on D&M Change Request-New Wood Pole in Plumtree Substation, Bethel, 09/25/19
Council Letter to Eversource-Plumtree Substation, 3/2/20
Eversource's Response to Council Letter-Plumtree Substation, 3/6/20

Progress Reports

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