(1)
Scope and Purpose.
(a)980 CMR 7.04 sets forth the requirements
for a statement of supply resources and plans which every electric company must
meet in each long-range forecast. A long-range forecast, including supply
plans, must be filed on the dates set forth in
980 CMR 7.02(3)(a)
in the same manner as provided by
980 CMR
7.03(1). Except as otherwise
provided by this section or
980 CMR
7.05(3), every faciUty
expected to commence operation in the tenth year after the date of a forecast
must be included in the supply plans required by 980 CMR 7.04(8). For purposes
only of the long-range forecast required to be submitted on or before May 1,
1976, a company must include pursuant to 980 CMR 7.04(8) all facilities
expected to commence operation at any time prior to December 31, 1985, and not
exempted from Council authority for any reason. Facilities expected to commence
operation more than ten years after the date of the forecast may be included in
the supply plan. Only those facilities required to be described as set forth in
980 CMR 7.04(8) are subject to Council approval or disapproval. Information
concerning other construction projects must in any event be provided to the
extent required by 980 CMR 7.04(5), (6) and (7).
(b) Statements of supply plans shall be
submitted and reviewed so that the Council may better determine whether the
supply plans will fulfill the energy, environmental and economic policies of
the Commonwealth.
(c) As provided
by 980 CMR 7.04(l)(b), an electric company may include a proposed facility in a
forecast or modify the plans for a proposed facility pursuant to 980 CMR
7.04(8) nine years or less before it is expected to commence operation, if the
electric company's plans have changed, requiring the completion of a facility
nine years or less after the date of the forecast under consideration. The
company shall notify the Council of such change of plans or proposed facility
as early as possible. The notification may be in the form of the filing of a
long-range forecast, amended forecast, supplement, or in the form of a motion
to amend an approved forecast or supplement or a forecast or supplement then
under consideration. The circumstances and factors necessitating the change in
plans and the completion of a facility shall be fully described in said
notification.
(2)
Inventory of Resources.
(a) Each electric company shall provide one
or more maps of appropriate scale showing:
1.
the location and capacity of all generating facilities, including units below
100 MW (including jointly-owned units and units outside
Massachusetts);
2. the location of
transmission substations with a voltage rating of 69 kV or higher;
and
3. the location of transmission
lines rated 69 kV or higher and interconnections with the transmission
facilities of other companies.
(b) Each electric company shall provide a
schedule of existing generating facilities (including jointly-owned
facilities), including units below 100 MW which shall contain:
1. the facility name, location, and
in-service date;
2. unit
numbers;
3. the MW capability
(summer and winter);
4. the type or
types of energy resources used;
5.
the type of service (base load, cycling, peaking);
6. the total acreage of the facility site;
and
7. a statement concerning the
reliability of the faciKty during each of the most recent five years.
In the case of any facility containing any single generating
unit with a capacity in excess of 100 MW, the information required by this
paragraph, whenever appropriate, shall be reported separately for every
generating unit comprising the facility.
(c) Each electric company shall provide a
schedule of existing 69 kV or higher voltage transmission facilities which
shall contain as to each transmission circuit:
1. origin, terminus and length;
2. design and operating voltages;
3. nominal width of right-of-way (in the case
of a right-of-way containing more than one circuit the total width will be
given),
4. type of structure;
and
5. size of conductor and
material.
(d) Each
electric company shall provide a schedule of existing transmission substations
with a voltage rating of 69 kV or higher which shall contain:
1. name and location;
2. transmission voltage
3. main power transformer capacity;
and
4. the total acreage of the
substation site.
(3)
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Reports. Each Company shall submit any Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission form that the Council determines may be useful. The
Council may require that a copy of any Commission form be deposited in any
repository of documents chosen pursuant to
980 CMR
7.02(5).
(4)
Comparison of Resoiuxes and
Requirements to Meet Forecast Demand.
(a) For each of the years covered by the
forecast, the following items should be listed as total generating capacity at
the time of the winter and summer peaks. These items should be differentiated
as to existing or additional capacity and capacity in units included or not
included in the definition of "facility". Some elements may be vinknown or
difficult to forecast, but the basis for any estimates should be described:
1. anticipated peak loads;
2. capacity available from existing
sources;
3. capacity available from
planned additions;
4. planned
retirements;
5. capacity available
from purchases to meet peak;
6.
capacity committed to sell coincident with peak; and
7. reserve capacity.
(b) Estimates of the total energy input in
primary fuels required to meet demand for the first two future years of the
forecast should be furnished. Primary fuels should be organized by standard
categories (nuclear fuel, coal, gas and the various petroleum products) and
quantified on the basis of MMBtu.
(c) The company shall state fully the extent
to which consideration of the risk of insufficient generating capacity
influences the plans set forth pursuant to 980 CMR 7.04(1).
(5)
Small Generating
Plants Planned. Each company shall provide, for each generating
plant of less than 100 MW (including jointly-owned plants) planned or under
construction with an in-service date within the coming ten years, the following
information to the extent known or planned:
(a) the facility name and location;
(b) the unit numbers;
(c) the anticipated in-service
date;
(d) the MW capability (summer
and winter);
(e) the type or types
or energy resources to be used;
(e) the type of service (base load, cycling,
peaking);
(f) the total acreage of
the facility site; and
(h) a
statement of the anticipated reliability of the facility.
This information is required for informational purposes
only.
(6)
Generating Facilities Planned in Other States. Each
company shall provide for each generating plant or facility of any size,
planned or under construction in a state other than Massachusetts with an
in-service date within the coming ten years, and owned or to be owned entirely
or in part by the company, the following information to the extent known or
planned:
(a) the facility name and
location;
(b) the unit
numbers;
(c) the anticipated
in-service date;
(d) the MW
capability (summer and winter);
(e)
the type or types of energy resources to be used;
(f) the type of service (base load, cycling,
peaking); and
(g) a statement
concerning the anticipated reliability of the facility.
(7)
Exempt and Approved
Facilities.
(a) Each company
shall provide for each facility (including jointly-owned facilities) plarmed or
under construction in the Commonwealth with an in-service date within the
coming ten years but not requiring Councilapproval in a forecast because exempt
pursuant to
980 CMR 7.01(6)
or
980 CMR 7.02(10)
or because already contained in an approved
forecast or supplement, the information required by this regulation to the
extent known or planned.
(b) For
each such generating facility, the company shall state:
1. the facility name and location;
2. the unit numbers
3. the anticipated in-service date;
4. the MW capability (summer and
winter);
5. the type or types of
energy resources to be used;
6. the
type of service (base load, cycling, peaking); and
7. a statement concerning the anticipated
reliability of the facility.
(c) For each such transmission facility, the
company shall state:
1. origin, terminus,
length and, if known, route;
2.
design and operating voltages;
3.
the anticipated in-service date;
4.
type of structure; and
5. size of
conductor and material.
(8)
Planned
Facilities.
(a) For each new
facility to be located in Massachusetts, not otherwise approved or exempted,
the lead company shall include a description of the facility and an assessment
of its environmental impact as well as a discussion of the relationship of the
proposed facility to the current health, environmental protection, and resource
use and development policies of the Commonwealth as set forth in the
constitution, general laws, and duly promulgated rules and regulations of
responsible state, regional or local agencies. Such description shall include
the following information:
1. name of the lead
company;
2. name of participating
owners;
3. facility name and
location; and
4. predicted dates of
commencement and completion of construction.
(b) The lead company should also:
1. state the name and degree of jurisdiction
of other state agencies (include references to statutory authority of
agency);
2. state the name and
degree of jurisdiction of federal agencies (include references to statutory
authority of agency); and
3.
identify the agency or agencies for which environmental assessments must be
prepared under M.G.L. c. 30, § 62 and 42 USC, § 4332.
(c) For a proposed transmission
line, the lead company shall provide the information and documentation set
forth in Administrative Bulletin 78-2.
(d) For a proposed new substation site or
expansion of any existing site beyond the acreage shown on the schedule
required under 980 CMR 7.04(2)(d)4. for those substations which are associated
with and constructed at the same time as a transmission line or generating
facility whose construction is to be commenced after May 1, 1976, the lead
company shall provide:
1. a summary statement
of purpose, location, approximate size of the site, general nature and capacity
of major equipment, proposed ultimate development, estimated cost, alternative
sites, other alternatives, and a discussion of the alternative of no new
substation;
2. a general
description of the site and surrounding area in terms of natural features,
including topography and water resources, and land use, both existing and
proposed, including types and densities in developed areas, agricultural and
other open uses, parks and recreation areas, areas designated by a governmental
agency for protection as nature preserves or historic or scenic districts,
near-by roads, near-by utility or transportation corridors and zoning;
and
3. an evaluation of the impact
of the facility in terms of its effect on natural features and land use as just
described, its visibility, and, if applicable, its air quality, water quality,
solid waste, radiation and noise effects.
(e) For a proposed generating facility, the
lead company shall provide:
1. a summary
statement of purpose, name and location or alternative locations of the
facility, approximate size of site and buildings, size and nature of the major
equipment, peak capacity (summer and winter), the type of service (base-load,
cycUng, peaking), fuel storage facilities, major ancillary equipment,
alternative sites, possible alternative fuel types, alternative methods of
generation or sources of power, effect if the specified generating facility
were not constructed, estimated cost, and major environmental protection
equipment;
2. a description of each
alternate site and surrounding area in terms of natural features, including
topography, water resources, soils, vegetation, and wildlife, and land use,
both existing and proposed, including types and densities in developed areas,
agricultural and other open uses, parks and recreation areas, areas designated
by a governmental agency for protection as nature preserves or historic or
scenic districts, nearby roads, nearby utility and transportation
corridors;
3. aerial photographs of
appropriate scale of each alternative site and and the surroundings showing the
approximate location of the facilities;
4. a map showing the current use of each
alternative site, contiguous property and surroundings up to one
mile;
5. U.S.G.S. 1:24,000 scale
maps with overlays showing each alternative site and the location of each
alternative facility; and
6. an
evaluation of the impact of the facility in terms of its effect on natural
features (especially water resources), land use as described above, visibility,
air quality, water quality, solid waste, radiation, noise, and
socioeconomics.
(9)
Exclusions. The
following activities are deemed not to constitute the construction of
facilities subject to 980 CMR 7.04(8):
(a) a
change, not having significant visual impact, of transformers, circuit
breakers, or other miscellaneous equipment contained within the physical
boundaries of the substation site;
(b) reconductoring or rebuilding of an
existing transmission line at the same voltage;
(c) modification in or replacement of
equipment at or within a generating plant site which does not increase the
gross capacity at such site by more than ten percent;
(d) modifications or minor relocations of a
transmission line required by a public highway project or other governmental
action;
(e) changes or alteration
to a transmission line which do not significantly affect the general physical
characteristics of the facility, including conversion to a higher
voltage;
(f) temporary placement of
generating or substation facilities to be utilized for a period less than one
year; and
(g) commencement of
permanent placement of facilities on an emergency basis subject to compliance
with the provisions of
980 CMR
6.06(2).