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MONTHYEARML1029303052010-10-20020 October 2010 Exhibit 1 of 21-Valuing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nuclear Power: a Critical Survey ML1029303022010-10-13013 October 2010 Exhibit 5 of 21-Google Backs Superhighway for Wind Power ML1029303102010-01-0707 January 2010 Exhibit 7 of 21-Renewable Energy (Wind, Solar & Tide Power) Will Be Distributed Through a Super-Grid in Europe ML1029303042010-01-0606 January 2010 Exhibit 6 of 21-European Countries Unite to Invest $40 Billion in Huge Off-Shore Renewable Energy Super-Grid 2010-10-20
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MONTHYEARML17100B0132017-04-10010 April 2017 C-10 Foundation Petition for Leave to Intervene ML1030504882010-11-0101 November 2010 Friends of the Coast and New England Coalition Petition for Leave to Intervene, Request for Hearing, and Admission of Contentions Errata ML1029405472010-10-21021 October 2010 2010/10/18-Attachment 5-Declaration of Deborah Grinnell ML1029405492010-10-21021 October 2010 2010/10/20-Cover Letter from Raymond Shadis Transmitting Friends of the Coast/New England Coalition Petition for Leave to Intervene, with Certificate of Service and Notice of Appearance for Raymond Shadis ML1029405502010-10-21021 October 2010 2010/10/12-Attachment 1-Declaration of Diane M. Teed ML1029405582010-10-20020 October 2010 2010/10/20-Friends of the Coast and New England Coalition Petition for Leave to Intervene, Request for Hearing, and Admission of Contentions ML1029302712010-10-20020 October 2010 Beyond Nuclear, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League and New Hampshire Sierra Club Request for a Public Hearing and Petition for Leave to Intervene in Matter of Nextera'S Application to Relicense Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant (Docket No. 50-443-LR ML1029303052010-10-20020 October 2010 Exhibit 1 of 21-Valuing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nuclear Power: a Critical Survey ML1029303752010-10-20020 October 2010 2010/10/20-Exhibit 17 of 21-Maine Offshore Wind Plan, Setting the Course for Energy Independence ML1029405562010-10-18018 October 2010 2010/10/18-Attachment 4-Declaration of Sandra Gavutis ML1029405572010-10-18018 October 2010 2010/10/18-Attachment 7-Declaration of Paul Blanch ML1029405462010-10-18018 October 2010 2010/10/18-Attachment 3-Declaration of Deborah Breen ML1029302732010-10-16016 October 2010 Declarations of Members of Beyond Nuclear and Nh Sierra Club in Support of the Petition to Request a Public Hearing and Leave to Intervene on the Nextera Application to Relicense Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant ML1029303022010-10-13013 October 2010 Exhibit 5 of 21-Google Backs Superhighway for Wind Power ML1029405522010-09-30030 September 2010 2010/09/30-Attachment 2-Declaration of Peter Kellman ML1029306372010-09-30030 September 2010 2010/09/30-Exhibit 21 of 21-Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States, Assessment of Opportunities and Barriers ML1029405532010-09-29029 September 2010 2010/09/29-Attachment 6-Declaration of Karen Stewart ML1029303672010-09-27027 September 2010 2010/09/27-Exhibit 13 of 21-US Department of the Interior Press Release, Salazar Signs Agreement with 10 East Coast Governors to Establish Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium ML1029303642010-09-23023 September 2010 2010/09/23-Exhibit 10 of 21-Global Wind Power Capacity May Rival Nuclear within Four Years ML1029302702010-09-21021 September 2010 Declarations of Members of Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (Sapl) in Support of the Petition to Request a Public Hearing and Leave to Intervene on the Nextera Application to Relicense Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant ML1029303662010-09-17017 September 2010 2010/09/17-Exhibit 12 of 21-Google Maps, Offshore Wind ML1029303742010-09-0202 September 2010 2010/09/02-Exhibit 15 of 21-Creating an Offshore Wind Industry in the United States: a Strategic Work Plan for the United States Department of Energy, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 ML1029303912010-08-17017 August 2010 2010/08/17-Exhibit 18 of 21-Deepwater Offshore Wind, a National Opportunity ML1029304582010-06-30030 June 2010 2010/06/30-Exhibit 20 of 21-Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Resources for the United States ML1029405512010-04-0606 April 2010 2010/04/06-Attachment A-Reliability Engineering and System Safety: Use of Risk Measures in Design and Licensing of Future Reactors ML1029303062010-02-23023 February 2010 Exhibit 8 of 21-Electric Power from Offshore Wind Via Synoptic-Scale Interconnection ML1029303142010-01-31031 January 2010 2010/01/31-Exhibit 9 of 21-Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study ML1029303102010-01-0707 January 2010 Exhibit 7 of 21-Renewable Energy (Wind, Solar & Tide Power) Will Be Distributed Through a Super-Grid in Europe ML1029303042010-01-0606 January 2010 Exhibit 6 of 21-European Countries Unite to Invest $40 Billion in Huge Off-Shore Renewable Energy Super-Grid ML1029303652009-12-31031 December 2009 2009/12/31-Exhibit 14 of 21-Final Report of the Ocean Energy Task Force to Governor John E. Baldacci ML1029306352009-09-30030 September 2009 2009/09/30-Exhibit 11 of 21-Oceans of Opportunity, Harnessing Europe'S Largest Domestic Energy Resource ML1029303762009-06-18018 June 2009 2009/06/18-Exhibit 16 of 21-Deepwater Offshore Wind in Maine: the Plan, the Timeline ML1029405542009-05-31031 May 2009 2009/05/31-Attachment B-The Eastern Massachusetts Sea Breeze Study ML0824211712008-08-29029 August 2008 Request for Hearing and Leave to Intervene, Seabrook Station ML1029303952008-07-31031 July 2008 2008/07/31-Exhibit 19 of 21-20% Wind Energy by 2030, Increasing Wind Energy'S Contribution to Us Electricity Supply ML1029405482008-02-24024 February 2008 2008/02/24-Attachment D-Survey of Cost Arising from Potential Radionuclide Scattering Events 2017-04-10
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Petitioners Exhibit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/12/AR2010101205906.html The Washington Post, October 13, 2010 Google backs 'superhighway' for wind power Offshore wind farms along the mid-Atlantic would supply energy for 1.9 million homes without taxing the power grid. (Bloomberg)
By Juliet Eilperin Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Internet search engine giant Google announced Tuesday that it is investing in a mammoth project to build an underwater "superhighway for clean energy" that would be able to funnel power from offshore wind farms to 1.9 million homes without overtaxing the already congested mid-Atlantic power grid.
The project, dubbed the Atlantic Wind Connection, calls for spending as much as $5 billion to create a 350-mile network of underwater cables stretching from northern New Jersey to Virginia.
It would eliminate the need for offshore wind developers to build transmission lines of their own, easing what can be a barrier for such projects.
Google is partnering with Good Energies, an environmentally focused international investment company based in New York, London and Switzerland, and Tokyo-based Marubeni to finance the project. The project is led by Trans-Elect, an electric transmission company in Chevy Chase.
Bob Mitchell, chief executive of Trans-Elect, said at a news conference that the venture constitutes "a huge, huge bold project" that would "stimulate development that is otherwise impossible" offshore along the East Coast. The grid would transmit 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy.
Rick Needham, director of green business operations at Google, cautioned that the project is in its early stages but said, "we're willing to take calculated risks on large-scale projects that can move an industry." He added, "It provides a smart, scalable platform for future expansion."
Although several offshore wind farms are in development along the East Coast, none is operating. Some, such as the Cape Wind project, which won federal approval in April, have encountered fierce local opposition on aesthetic and environmental grounds. Others face bureaucratic hurdles.
The Obama administration has identified offshore wind development as top energy policy priority, and administration officials have vowed to ease the way for wind farms off the East Coast.
"By identifying high-priority areas offshore for potential wind projects, we can explore the development of a transmission backbone in the Atlantic Ocean to serve those areas," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said last month. "Rather than develop transmission infrastructure plans on a piecemeal basis, we should - in close coordination with the private sector, states and tribes - lay out a smart transmission system up front."
John Breckenridge, managing director of Good Energies, said at the news conference that the grid would fix "a lot of what's been done wrong in the renewable energy industry generally,"
where offshore wind projects have been planned "in a haphazard way."
The transmission line would address the problem of wind's intermittent supply by tapping into a much broader swath of the coast to meet consumer demand.
While the project is outside of Google's normal focus, officials said, "We believe in investing in projects that make good business sense and further the development of renewable energy."
Google will provide 37.5 percent of the equity for the initial development, in which officials hope to obtain the approvals required to begin construction, according to Jamie Yood, Google spokesman. The New York Times, which first reported the project in its Tuesday print edition, said Google's initial investment in the project will be $200 million.
Mitchell said Trans-Elect hopes to begin construction in 2013 on what it calls a "backbone transmission project." He said they hope to complete it by 2020, although an initial stage should be finished and operational by 2016.
Consumers who would receive electricity through the grid would help fund the project, Mitchell added, although he said at this point, "It's hard to say what will be the impact on the consumer."
The mid-Atlantic is ideally suited for offshore wind technology, the project's backers said, because the water remains relatively shallow 10 to 15 miles offshore - far enough out so that the wind turbines would be barely visible from land. Mitchell said that could address the "visibility" issues that have plagued the Cape Wind project on Nantucket Sound.
Staff writer Debbi Wilgoren contributed to this report.