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====== X-178 115V Line, built in 1948-9 with 336 ASCR, Streeter Pond Tap to Whitefield "upgraded" to 795 ASCR in 1969 when U-199 is built, Beebe River to Streeter Pond tap "upgraded" to 795 ASCR in 1986. ======


[[Pole height increases, WMNF and Easton|Pole height increases, WMNF, Lincoln, Woodstock, Easton and Sugar Hill]]

[[Site Evaluation Committee]]

[[Public Utilities Commission]]

[[Project Plans]]

[[Geotechnical drilling White Mountain National Forest]]

[[White Mountain National Forest documents]]

{{ :x178:nelson_2024_email_to_jasmin_faunce.pdf |2025, May 14 (released) July, 2024 Forest Service: "Based
on feedback during the March 2024 meeting, and given Eversource has removed proposed access along Reel Brook Trail, we understand that the X178-2 project now potentially qualifies as a small project."}}

{{ :x178:eversource_proposed_reel_brook_trail_use.png?linkonly |2025, May 9: Eversource plans to turn a section of the Reel Brook Trail (in blue), described by the Forest Service as "a well-established snowmobile trail," into a road for its proposed demolition and replacement of the X-178 line. }}

{{ :x178:project_area_map_-_reel_brook_trail_kinsman_ridge_trail_relocations.pdf |2025 May 9: map of Reel Brook Trail and Kinsman Ridge Trail re-locations, the former said by the FS to be unrelated to the X-178 proposed construction.}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_fs_4-28-2025_final.pdf |2025, April 28: letter sent to Forest Service re. inadequacy of a Categorical Exclusion for NEPA review of X-178 project}}

{{ :x178:a04_041625_rc_consent_agenda.pdf |2025, April 16: NEPOOL Reliability Committee Consent Agenda; CANCELLED: "X178 Rebuild Project – Level I ***CEII TOPIC*** (PPA Applicant: Jaryn Vaile) Replacement of the 115-kV line X178 (X178-1, X178-2, X178-3) between the Whitefield Substation, Streeter Pond tap, North Woodstock Substation, and Beebe River Substation with 1272 ACSS 54/19 conductors. The proposed in-service date is December 31, 2026."}}

{{ :x178:project_information_form_-_eversource_x178-2_transmission_line_rebuild.pdf  |2025, March 26 (posted. Approved for consideration August 19, 2024): Forest Service proposed to give Eversource a Categorical Exclusion from NEPA requirements for an environmental assessment of Eversource's proposed X-178 line replacement, road and crane mesa construction in the Kinsman and Gordon Pond Roadless areas of White Mountain National Forest}}

{{ :x178:24-087-2025-04-14-nhpuc-proc-order-re-mot-to-amend-pet-and-establish-proc-sched-1.pdf |2025, April 14: PUC schedule for Eversource petition for an exemption from Bethlehem's structure height restrictions}}

{{ :x178:project_information_form_-_reel_brook_trail_kinsman_ridge_trail_relocations.pdf |2025, April: Re-routing of Reel Brook Trail, apparently around the existing trail which Eversource plans to turn into a road with two cross-roads, to access the X-178}}

{{ :u199:24-087-2025-03-31-eversource-motion-amend-petition-establish-procedural-schedule.pdf |2025, March 31: Eversource request to withdraw X-178 from docket.}}

{{ :x178:2025-3-28_email_thornton_to_des.pdf |2025, March 28: Thornton to DES email re. landfill dump}}

{{ :x178:2025-3-28_email_des_2.pdf |2025, May 28: DES email re. Thornton dump landfill}}

{{ :x178:03142025_178-2_withdrawal_email.pdf |2025, March 14: Eversource withdraws DES permit requests for geotechnical boring in WMNF.}}

{{ :x178:2024-02-2025-03-17-sec-order-ruling-proposed-x-178-trans-line-constitues-sizable-addition.pdf |2025, March 17: SEC Order taking jurisdiction of Eversource's proposed X-178 project.}}

{{ :x178:2024-02_doj_presentation_3-4-2025.pdf |2025, March 4: Counsel for the Public power-point presented at SEC hearing.}}

{{ :x178:rep-nhpuc-00053_eversource_2024-02_20250304.pdf |2025, March 4: Transcript of SEC Hearing}}

{{ :x178:24-087-2025-03-03-nhpuc-order-28108.pdf |2025, March 3: PUC clarification on scope of docket.}}

{{ :x178:02262025_x178-2_spn_rfmi_response.pdf |2025, February 26: GZA response to questions about geotechnical boring in WMNF}}

{{ :x178:2025-2-22_comment_on_withheld_documents.pdf |2025, February 22: Comment on withheld documents}}

{{ :x178:2025-2-12_summary_of_significance_for_sec_final_2025-2-12.pdf |2025, February 12: Final summary of significant problems with Eversource's proposed X-178 rebuild}}

{{ :x178:5309453.pdf |2025, February 11: Eversource to DES email re Thornton Dump Landfill borings}}

{{ :x178:2025-2-11_gza_boring_plan.pdf |2025, February 11: GZA boring plan Thornton dump}}

{{ :x178:eversource_lsp_-_ma_ago_feedback.pdf |2025, February posted on PAC site: 2024-12-20 Mass AG Comment on Eversource Local System Plan}}

{{ :x178:02072025_incompl_app.pdf |2025, February 7: email re. incomplete application for geotechnical boring in WMNF}}

{{ :x178:request_to_nh_sec_2024-02.pdf |2024, February 5: Comment: Three questions and a request to the SEC}}

{{ :x178:2025-2-2_comment_on_des_ag_es_and_landowners.pdf |2025, February 2: Comment on Landownerless DES permits}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-30_construction_without_a_permit.pdf |2025, January 31: Comment on construction without a permit}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-30_comment_sec_2024-02_errors.pdf |2025, January 30: Comment on Eversource Errors}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-24_comment_on_ag_and_des_undisclosed_waiver_of_landowner_signatures.pdf |2025, January 24: Comment on AG and DES redacted "waiver" of landowner signatures on DES forms}}

{{ :x178:aot-2597_start_of_construction_notice_091924_signed.pdf |2025-1-22: Start of Construction Notice for X-178 (2), Eversource to DES, released in a 91-a.}}

{{ :x178:sag_acss_vs_accc_x-178.jpg?linkonly |2025, January 23: Comment profile ACSS vs. ACCC}}

{{ :x178:decision_memo_-_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild.pdf |2025, January 22: Forest Service approves replacement of 5 structures on X-178 (1). No comment on permanent roads and construction mesas }}

{{ :x178:project_vicinity_map_-_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild.pdf |2025, January 22: Forest Service project vicinity map, X-178 (1)}}

{{ :x178:specialist_review_form_-_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild.pdf |2025, January 22: Forest Service specialist review form, X-178 (1)}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-22_comment_on_information_withheld_by_eversource.pdf |2025, January 22: Comment on information withheld by Eversource}}

{{ :x178:x-178_boring_plan.pdf |2025, January 20: Statutory Permit by Notification for geotechnical borings of unstated depth on the X-178 easement in White Mountain National Forest."Threats to both the medium level fen system and poor level fen/bog system include changes to hydrology, especially those that result in pooling, increased nutrient input and increased sedimentation."}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-19_comment_structure_age.pdf |2025, January 19: Comment on structure age}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-18_comment_on_es_application_for_variance_.pdf| 2025, January 18: Comment on Eversource application for a Variance from Easton's structure height restriction}}

{{ :x178:easton_variance_application_11-12-24_opt.pdf |2025, January 7: Eversource application for a variance from Easton's structure height restriction.}}

{{ :x178:easton_site_plan_review_app_e_.pdf |2025, January: Eversource Site Plan Review application to Easton}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-15_comment_on_e_steep_slopes_variance_application_to_easton.pdf |2025, January 15: Comment on Eversource's application for a Condition Use Permit for Easton's Steep Slopes area}}

{{ :x178:final-steep_slopes-111224_opt.pdf |2025, January: Eversource application for a Conditional Use Permit for Easton Steep Slopes areas}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-14_comments_of_es_wetlands_app_easton.pdf |2025, January 14; Comment on Eversource application for a Wetlands Conditional Use Permit}}

{{ :x178:final-04.0191410.39-x178-easton-cup-111224_opt.pdf |2025, January: Eversource application for a Conditional Use Permit for Easton's Wetlands Conservation District Overlay District}}

{{ :x178:2024-02_comment_cummingham_1-9-2025.pdf |2025, January 9: Comment on lack of agency approvals or oversight of Eversource's X-178 project }}

{{ :x178:2025-1-9_comment_on_accc_and_ice_load.pdf |2025, January 9: Comment on ACCC and ice loading}}

{{ :x178:public_notice_eversource_1-28-2025_courier.pdf |2025, January 7: Public Notice of Easton ZBA hearing on Eversource's request for a waiver from Easton's structure height restrictions.}}

{{ :x178:eversource_response_-_2024_12_18.pdf |2025, January 7: Eversource response to more questions on the X-178}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-6_eversource_structure_ratings.pdf |2025, January 6: Comment on Eversource structure ratings}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-7_more_sizeable_damages.pdf |2025, January 6: More sizeable damages}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-5_effect_of_roads_on_animals_etc.pdf |2025, January 5: Comment; Conservation Biology;  Effects of Roads on Animals, 2000}}

{{ :x178:2025-1-4_electricity_as_distinct_from_intelligence.pdf |2025, January 4: Electricity as distinct from Intelligence}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-30_failure_of_evidence_by_eversource.pdf |2024, December 30: Failure of Evidence by Eversource}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-30_views_are_not_averaged.pdf |2024, December 30: Views are not averaged}}

{{ :x178:synapse.pdf |2024, November, Synapse questions to Eversource re. X-178}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-29_question_on_crossing_specs_sec_2024-02_and_de-24-087.pdf |2024, December 29: Question on crossing specs.}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-29_more_apparent_discrepancies_de-24-087_and_sec_2024-02.pdf |2024, December 29: More apparent discrepancies}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-28_comment_np_restoration_de-24-087_and_sec_2024-02_kp.pdf |2024, December 28: Comment on Northern Pass restoration compared to X-178.}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-27_comment_on_nesc_250d.pdf |2024, December 27: Comment on NESC 250D}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-26_when_does_e_plan_to_return_.pdf |2024, December 26: When does E$ plan to return?}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-24_significant_change.pdf |2024, December 24: Significant change}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-23_kp_comment_on_eversource_waivers_from_permit_requirements.pdf |December 23: Eversource waivers from DES permit requirements}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-22_kp_comment_on_x-178_structure_replacement_history.pdf |2024, December 22: X-178 structure replacement history}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-21_u-199_2024-12-21.pdf |2024, December 21: U-199}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-19_kp_comment_on_sec_2024-02_and_puc_2024-087.pdf |2024, December 19: Comment}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-18_annotation_of_es_2024-02_statement.pdf |2-24, December 18: Annotation of Eversource statement}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-17_kp_submission_to_sec_2024-02.pdf |2024, December 17: Comment to SEC}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-16_kp_submission_to_sec_2024-02.pdf |2024, December 16: Comment to SEC}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-14_kp_comments_to_cfp.pdf |2024, December 14: Comment to CFP}}

{{ :x178:exhibit_5_photos.pdf |2024: December: What appear to be Google street view photos of the X-178 easement and structures from various road locations. Produced by Eversource for the NH Site Evaluation Committee}}

{{ :x178:exhibit_2_so_called_inspections.pdf |2024, December: Profiles, 2022 (exhibit 2) and unlabeled 2024  incomplete structure inspection reports. Produced by Eversource for NH Site Evaluation Committee}}

{{ :x178:exhibit_1_part_3_visual_and_2022_inspections.pdf |2024, December: Visual impact mapping showing existing and rebuild POLE TOP visibility. 2022 structure inspection summary showing that 18 of the 43 structures Eversource claimed needed to be replaced had only hardware replacement needs. Produced by Eversource for the NH Site Evaluation Committee}}

{{ :x178:exhibit_1_part_2_alignments.pdf |2024, December: Alignments of structures. Produced by Eversource for NH Site Evaluation Committee}}

{{ :x178:2024-02_2024-12-20_profiles.pdf |2024, December 20: Eversource-produced profile showing proposed conductor, OPGW, structures and terrain. For NH Site Evaluation Committee}}

{{ :x178:exhibit_1_part_1_summary_technical_report.pdf |2024, December 10: Eversource summary technical report produced for NH Site Evaluation Committee}}

{{ :x178:2024-12-6_utility_dive_ferc_penalty.pdf |2024, December 6: Utility Dive article of FERC penalty for utility witholding structure inspection reports}}

{{ :x178:20241127_111358.jpg?linkonly |2024, November 28: Recently staked location for new structure 420, X-178 (3), at Route 116/18 below Gilmanton Hill Rd.}}

{{ :x178:x-178-and-next-steps.pdf |2024, November 21: NESCOE seeks power for itself, not to end the asset condition exploitation.}}

{{ :x178:2024-11-23_comment_on_nh_puc_de-24-087_.pdf |2024, November 23: Comment on DE-24-087}}

{{ :x178:11-19-2024_nbc-ct_on_x-178.pdf |2024, November 19: NBC-CT episode on X-178, consumer costs and lack of oversight}}

{{ :x178:2024-11-18_information_submitted_to_sec_de_24-02_11-2024.pdf |2024, November 18: Information submitted to SEC}}

{{ :x178:x178_permitting_plans_phase_2_081224_1_.pdf |2024, November 18 (discovered): X-178 (2) Phase 2 permitting plans}}

{{ :x178:2024-11-18_email_and_e_presentation.pdf |2024, November 18: email and Eversource presentation on Thornton Landfill Dump. ACSS conductor not good for long spans. Code clearance for pedestrian areas 16'}}

{{ :x178:2024-11-15_des_and_thornton_discussions.pdf |2024, November 15: DES and Thornton emails re Thornton Landfill Dump}}

{{ :x178:nescoe.pdf |2024, November 13, NESCOE questions to Eversource re. X-178}}

{{ :x178:ct_occ.pdf |2024, November 13: Connecticut OCA questions to Eversource on X-178}}

{{ :x178:x-178_wmnf_comment.pdf |2024, November 4: kp comment to Forest Service re. inaccuracies in project description}}

{{ :x178:2024-10-27_u-199_and_x-178.pdf |2024, October 29: kp letter to PAC and Eversource re. U-199 and Q-195 as connecting to the Coos Loop}}

{{ :x178:2024_10_23_pac_meeting_minutes_final.pdf |2024, October 23: Minutes of X-178 PAC meeting posted January 7, 2025.}}

{{ :x178:a07_pac_line_x178_rebuild_followup.pdf |2024, October 23: PAC presentation #4, same plan, 115 new Category C poles (as defined by Eversource) discovered. Eversource continues to refuse to provide the pole inspection reports to stakeholders.}}

{{ :x178:a06_acpg_update_presentation.pdf |2024, October 23: New template for "Asset Condition" projects with new, more aggressive recommendations for replacing Category B and C poles}}

{{ :x178:a05_pac_ac_template_presentation.pdf |2024, October 23: "Asset Condition" project template.}}

{{ :x178:eversource_response_to_nescoe_and_cane_x178_project.pdf |2024, October 16: Eversource response to criticism of its "proposal" to rebuild the X-178.}}

{{ :x178:planning_board_meeting_minutes_october_3_2024.pdf |2024, October 3: Easton Planning Board minutes}}

{{ :x178:x178_permitting_plans_wmnf_grading_091224.pdf |2024, September 12: Road Grading White Mountain National Forest}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_es_re_x178_information_9-2024.pdf |2024, September 9: kp letter to Eversource and PAC re. missing information and September "informational" meeting}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-campton.pdf |2024, September 8 (discovered on Eversource's site): Campton proposed" structure height increases.}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-easton.pdf |204, September 8: Easton "proposed" structure height increases.}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-thornton.pdf |2024, September 8: Thornton "proposed" structure height increases.}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-lincoln.pdf |2024, September 8: Lincoln "proposed" structure height increases}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-woodstock.pdf |2024 September 8: Woodstock "proposed" structure height increases}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-sugar-hill.pdf |2024, September 8: Sugar Hill "proposed" structure height increases}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-bethlehem.pdf |2024, September 8: (posted earlier): Bethlehem "proposed" structure height increases.}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-dalton.pdf |2024 September 8: Dalton "proposed" structure height increases.}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-whitefield.pdf |2024, September 8: Whitefield "proposed" structure height increases}}

{{ :x178:es-x178-6-3-planset-stamped.pdf |2024, August (received): post-construction grade of roads, pull pads and crane pads, Easton Phase 1}}

{{ :x178:portland_press_herald_article_8-22-2024.pdf |2024, August 22: Portland Press Herald; "Mainers could pay $32 million for grid upgrade in New Hampshire"}}

[[https://indepthnh.org/2024/08/19/transmission-projects-costing-billions-flow-directly-to-ratepayers-bills/| 2024, August 19: InDepthNH article on X-178 lawsuit]]

{{ :x178:20240816_cane_letter_to_eversource_re_x_178_with_signatures_final.pdf |2024, August 19: Consumer Advocates of New England letter to Eversource re.X-178}}

{{ :x178:20240816_cane_press_release_re_x-178_eversource_project_final.pdf |2024, August 16: Consumer Advocates of New England press release re. X-178}}

{{ :x178:2024-8-12_caledonian_record_x-178.pdf |2024, August 12: Caledonian-Record article on the X-178; NESCOE and the SEC.}}

{{ :x178:x178_permitting_plans_phase_2_081224_1_.pdf |2024, August 12: Section 2, Phase 2 maps with 2' lidar-derived contour lines. White Mountain National Forest.}}

{{ :x178:es-x178-6-3-planset-stamped.pdf |2024, August (received): post-construction grade of roads, pull pads and crane pads, Easton Phase 1}}

{{ :x178:2024-8-12_brent_oberlin_response_to_x-178_missing_from_ac_lists_1.pdf |2024, August 12: ISO response to question on the absence of the X-178 from the asset condition list}}

{{ :x178:final_aot_document.pdf |2024, August 6 released by a 91-a: X-178 (2) Phase 1 Alteration of Terrain application, dated March 20 2024, permitted/approved 5/28/2024, permit good until 5/28/2029.}}

{{ :x178:aot-2583_approved_document_r.pdf |2024, August 6; released to the public by a 91-a: X-178 (3) approved Alteration of Terrain application}}

{{ :x178:attachment_1_-_x178-1_plans_-_wetland_permitting_plans_6-7-2024.pdf |2024, August 6; released to the public by a 91-a: digital X-178-1 wetland permitting plans dated June 7, 2024}}

{{ :x178:privileged_20240530_atty_lockwood_re_x-178_aot_r.pdf |2024, undated redacted communication DES with DES Attorney Courtney Lockwood}}

{{ :x178:select_board_minutes_1_-_august_5_2024.pdf |2024, August 5: Easton Selectboard minutes}}

{{ :x178:2024-8-5_letter_to_eversource_and_des_re_aot_applications_still_missing.pdf |2024, August 5: kp letter to Eversource and DES re. continued failure to provide digital versions of AoT and Wetlands permit applications}}

{{ :x178:follow_up_on_x-178f.pdf |2024, August 1: NESCOE letter to Eversource and ISO: "absent information showing that this use of consumer dollars is well-supported and reasonable, NESCOE is prepared to use its full resources to explore all available options to dispute the reasonableness of the investments, including but not limited to action at FERC."}}

{{ :x178:planning_board_meeting_minutes_august_1_2024.pdf |2024, August 1: Easton Planning Board draft minutes}}

{{ :x178:2024-7-24_x-178-license.pdf |2024, July 24: DOE permit for X-178 crossings. DOE claims that the X-178 rebuild is necessary to meet the reasonable needs of service to the public.}}

{{ :x178:2023_july_18_robert_blechl_caledonian_record.pdf |2024, July 18: Caledonian Record}}

{{ :x178:x-178_staff-recommendation.pdf |2024, July 18: DOE staff recommendation}}

{{ :x178:2024--178_-application.pdf |2024, July 11: Eversource crossing application}}

{{ :x178:x-178_-exhibits.pdf |2024: Eversource crossing exhibits and line profile drawings}}

{{ :x178:2024-07-23_re_revised_aot_permitting_plans_-_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_-_nhdes_file_20240320-60.pdf |2024, July 23: Revised AoT permitting plans}}

{{ :x178:2024-07-17_revised_aot_permitting_plans_-_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_-_nhdes_file_20240320-60-1.pdf |2024, July 17: email re. revised AoT permitting plans, 1}}

{{ :x178:2024-07-17_revised_aot_permitting_plans_-_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_-_nhdes_file_20240320-60-2.pdf |2024, July 17: Email re. revised AoT permitting plans, 2}}

{{ :x178:2024-07-16_fw_aquifer_and_wetlands_r.pdf |2024, July 16: aquifer and wetlands}}

{{ :x178:20240715_indepthnh_inquiry.pdf |2024, July 15: Inquiry by InDepthNH}}

{{ :x178:planning_board_meeting_minutes_july_11_2024.pdf |2024, July 11: draft minutes Easton Planning Board meeting with Eversource re site plan review}}

{{ :x178:20240708_indepthnh_inquiry.pdf |2024, July 8: Inquiry by InDepthNH }}

{{ :x178:20240708_indepthnh_inquiry_1_r.pdf |2024, July 8: Inquiry by InDepthNH}}

{{ :x178:20240708_indepthnh_inquiry_2_.pdf |2024, July 8: Inquiry by InDepthNH}}

{{ :x178:20240708_indepthnh_inquiry_4_.pdf |2024, July 8: Inquiry by InDepthNH}}

{{ :x178:privileged_and_confidential_20240708_indepthnh_inquiry_3_r.pdf |2024, July 8: DES responses to InDepthNH re. exclusion of easement-encumbered landowners from DES AoT and Wetlands permit applications}}

{{ :x178:2024-8-6_link_to_aot_needs_to_be_in_sopa.pdf |2024, July 6: email to Forest Service re. necessity for SOPA link to include Alteration of Terrain application.}}

{{ :x178:20240705_indepthnh_inquiry.pdf |2024, July 5: Inquiry by InDepthNH }}

{{ :x178:24.07.05_fw_des_and_nh_ag_r.pdf |2024, July 5: DES and NH AG conversation re. easement-encumbered landowner rights}}

{{ :x178:sugar_hill_to_whitefield_x178-3_project_-_wetlands_permit_application.pdf |2024: X-178 (3) undated email to LAC providing link to DES Wetlands permit application}}

{{ :x178:x178-structure-height-changes-bethlehem.pdf |2024: X-178 (2), existing and proposed structure heights, Bethlehem}}

{{ :x178:24.07.05_fw_des_and_nh_ag_r.pdf |2024, July 5: DES Commissioner Robert Scott forward to Philip Trowbridge, Jeffrey Blecharczyk and Micheal Schlosser complaint documents re. DES permitting process and Eversource regulatory failures in its transmission construction.}}

{{ :x178:kp_email_sent_to_des_aslin_and_others_re_aot_permits_7-5-2024.pdf |2024, July 5: kp email to DES, AG and others re. lack of landowner signatures on AoT applications.}}

{{:x178:spd_x-178_2_2_submitted_june_27.png?linkonly|2024, June 27: Eversource submits to WMNF Small Projects Day/Categorical Exception from NEPA review for X-178 (2) Phase 2 construction through WMNF.}}

{{ :x178:2024-06-24_re_nhb23-1568_and_nhb23-1711_eversource_x178-1_transmission_rebuild_project_-_follow-up_communication_regarding_recommen.pdf |2024, June 24: follow up re. recommendations for X-178 (1) with link for Alteration of Terrain permit}}

{{ :x178:x178_nhdes_hearing_06212024_11_x_17_rev1.pptx |2024, June 21: NH DES hearing presentation}}

{{ :x178:public_hearing_-_nhdes_application_2024-00468_-_virtual_option-20240621_130125-meeting_recording.mp4 |2024, June 21: recording of public meeting }}

{{ :x178:letter_to_des_re_easement-encumbered_landowner_rights.pdf | 2024, June 21: Letter to DES re DES ignoring its requirement that landowners sign AoT permits}}

{{ :x178:a04_line_x178_follow_up_presentation.pdf |2024, June 20: follow up presentation to PAC}}

{{ :x178:2024_06_20_pac_minutes_final.pdf |2024, June 20: Minutes of PAC meeting, second presentation of X-178}}

{{ :ac:a00_2024_06_20_pac_agenda_final.pdf |2024, June 20: PAC agenda}}

[[https://acadiacenter.org/crosscurrents-issue-2/| 2024, June: Acadia Center article on X-178.]]

{{ :x178:assessment_of_eversource_x-178_pac_6-20-2024.pdf |2024, June 18: kp comment on ES Hobson's Choice presentation #2 to PAC}}

{{ :x178:nhdhr_review_eversourcex178_1_drhjune17_2024.pdf |2024, June 17: Review by NH Department of Historical Resources, X-178(1)}}

{{ :x178:pac_es_x-178_6-13-2024.pdf |2024, June 13: Letter to ISO-NE, PAC and Eversource re. FERC Order 1920 and need to cancel X-178 }}

{{ :x178:6-12-2024_newspaper.jpg?linkonly |2024, June 12: Caledonian Record, legal notice, DES wetlands }}

{{:x178:x-178_des_notice_in_paper.jpg?linkonly|2024, June 12: DES notice in Littleton Courier}}

{{ :x178:eversoruce_x178_stakeholder_feedback_memo.pdf |2024, June 12: Eversource pre-follow up letter to PAC "The primary driver of the height increase is Rule 250D of the National Electrical Safety Code. Rule 250D was introduced in 2007 and currently requires that transmission lines in this area of New Hampshire be
designed to withstand 1-inch of radial ice with 40 mile-per-hour winds."}}

{{ :x178:2024-06-11_nhb23-1568_and_nhb23-1711_eversource_x178-1_transmission_rebuild_project_-_follow-up_communication_regarding_recommended_.pdf |2024, June 11: X-178(1) follow up communication regarding recommended Fish & Game protections for Wood turtles.  "Eversource has been very cooperative with NHF&G by agreeing to undertake a field survey within the ROW for potential overwintering turtle habitat areas, and engaging with NHF&G to develop protective, yet reasonable permit conditions."}}

{{ :x178:2024-06-10_re_external_re_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_-_alteration_of_terrain_permit_application_-_nhdes_.pdf |2024, June 10: re. X-178(1) Aot permit application }}

{{ :x178:x178-1_rfmi_response_letter_to_sdf_application_final.pdf |2024, June 7: Eversource contractor VHB Response to DES Request for More Information – Standard Dredge and Fill Wetlands Permit Application
X178-1 Transmission Line Rebuild Project – Campton, Thornton, Woodstock, NH}}

{{ :x178:insufficiencies_in_x-178_aot.pdf |2024, June 6: kp letter to DES, Eversource and PAC re. DES defining Eversource as the landowner of the easements.}}

{{ :x178:20240530_re_x-178_aot_1_r.pdf |2024, May 30: re X-178 Aot}}

{{ :x178:20240530_re_x-178_aot_wetlands_file_2024-468_r.pdf |2024, May 30: re AoT wetlands file, 1}}

{{ :x178:20240530_re_x-178_aot_wetlands_file_2024-468_2_r.pdf |2024, May 30: re AoT wetlands file, 2}}

{{ :x178:20240530_re_x-178_aot_wetlands_file_2024-468_r-1.pdf |2024, May 30: re AoT wetlands file, 3}}

{{ :x178:24.05.30_re_x-178_aot_wetlands_file_2024-468_r.pdf |2024, May 30: AoT Wetlands }}

{{ :x178:campton_arm_calcsheet.pdf |2024, undated: CAMPTON ARM FUND WORKSHEET NHDES AQUATIC RESOURCE MITIGATION FUND WETLAND PAYMENT CALCULATION}}

{{ :x178:2024-05-29_re_external_re_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_nhdes_file_20240.pdf |2024, May 29: X-178(1) AoT permit application}}

{{ :x178:2024-05-29_3_re_external_re_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_-_alteration_of_terrain_permit_application_-_nhd.pdf |2024, May 29: X-178(1) AoT permit application}}

{{ :x178:attachment_3_-_revised_wet_table_and_f_v_sheets.pdf |2024, May 29: X-178(1) Rebuild Project Additional Wetland Information Table}}

{{ :x178:2024-05-29_re_external_re_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_nhdes_file_20240.pdf |2024, May 29: X-178 (1) email re DES file}}

{{ :x178:2024-05-29_3_re_external_re_eversource_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_-_alteration_of_terrain_permit_application_-_nhd.pdf |2024, May 29: X-178 (1) email re permit conditions}}

{{ :x178:aot_20240401-068.pdf |2024, May 28: X-178(2) Phase 1 impacts per AoT = 1,434,210 square feet aka 33 acres}}

{{ :x178:2024-00475x1_0001.pdf |2024, May 28: Eversource 2/3/2024 request for review by NH Division of Historical Resources of proposed construction of X-178(1). DHR writes: "We look forward to receiving assessment of effect tables for all resources eligible or listed to the National Register."}}

{{ :x178:aot_x-178_2_phase_1_permit_april_2024.pdf |2024, May 24: DES issues permit for Alteration of 33 acres of Terrain on Section 2, Phase 1}}

{{ :x178:2024-5-24_des_memo_re_x-178_in_dump.pdf |2024, May 24: DES memo re X-178 line in Thornton Dump Landfill}}

{{ :x178:three_towns_petition_nhsec_to_oversee_eversource_line_rebuild_local_news_caledonianrecord.com.pdf |2024, May 21: Caledonian Record article on petition to SEC (Sugar Hill did not join)}}

{{ :x178:5-16-2023_p_20230918_attachment_species_list_new_england_ecological_services_field_office.pdf |2023, May 16: Endangered Species list}}

{{ :x178:sugar_hill_minutes_re_x-178_and_sec_-5-13-24.pdf |2024, May 13: Minutes, Sugar Hill Selectboard re. petition to SEC}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_es_and_pac_re_x-178_clearance_to_ground_5-12-2024.pdf |2024, May 12: k pastoriza letter to ES and PAC re proposed conductor clearances}}

{{ :x178:20240508_eversource_x178-1_extension_agreement_signed.pdf |2024, May 8: X-178 (1) extension agreement with DES, signed}}

{{ :x178:2024-5-3_letter_to_fs_re_russell_pond_sup.pdf |2024, May 3: kp letter to FS re Russell Pond SUP}}

{{ :x178:cover_letter.pdf |2024, May 1: DOT driveway permit cover letter}}

{{ :x178:x-178_protected_shoreland_impacts_campton.pdf |2024, April 30: DES issues permit for impacts to protected shoreland in Campton}}

{{ :x178:x-178_thornton_shoreland.pdf |2024, April 30: DES issues permit for impacts to protected shoreland in Thornton}}

{{ :x178:permit_6355-t.pdf |2024, April 30: DOT driveway permit for easement}}

{{ :ac:letter_to_es_re_new_plan_for_x-178_4-2024.pdf |2024, April 26: k pastoriza letter to E$, ISO re new plan for X-178}}

{{ :x178:x-178_annotated_25_pgs.pdf |2024, April: X-178 PAC presentation Annotated}}

{{ :ac:wetlands_violations_eversource.pdf |2024, April 26: Eversource BMP violations }}

{{:x178:x-178_campton_protected_shoreland_impacts.png?linkonly|2024, April 26: Campton protected shoreland impacts}}

{{ :x178:x-178_thornton_protected_shoreland_impacts.png?linkonly |2024, April 26: Thornton protected shoreland impacts}}

{{ :x178:row_concern_2024-04-16_des_permits_r.pdf |2024, April 16: "Row Concern DES Permits" 1}}

{{ :x178:row_concern_2024-04-16_des_permits_r-1.pdf |2024, April 16: "Row Concern DES Permits" 2}}

{{ :x178:eversource_update_x178_rebuild_042024.pdf |2024, April 12: Eversource delays its May PAC presentation}}

{{ :x178:20240410_ecc_information_from_jim_page_r.pdf |2024, April 10: Comments by Jim Page}}

{{ :x178:20240410_ecc_mike_kenney_comments_r.pdf |2024, April 10: Comments by Mike Kenney}}

{{ :x178:comment_on_eversource_x-178_complete_rebuild_as_a_response_to_41_poles_out_of_580_structures_needing_repair_or_replacement_in_the_next_maintenance_cycle..pdf |2024, April 9: kp comment on rebuild as a response to claimed need to replace 41 out of 1160+ poles.}}

{{ :x178:first_light_ever_source_3-31-2021.pdf |2024, April 7: comment on Eversource and FirstLight}}

{{ :x178:wmnf_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project_information_form.pdf |2024, April 2: Eversource Small Projects Day application for line rebuild on Section 1 of X-178, Woodstock.}}

{{ :x178:x-178_2024_04_02_pac_responses_to_stakeholder_comments_on_mar_2024_acl.pdf |2024, April, 2: PAC responses to stakeholder comments}}

{{ :x178:aot_admin_docs-2.pdf |2024, April 1: DES to Easton notice of X-178(2) Phase 1 AoT application with cc to Sugar Hill and Woodstock. "Please provide a copy of this notice to all interested departments, boards and commissions."}}

{{ :x178:77.4_acres_disturbed_x-178-_1.pdf |2024, March 30: X-178-1; 77.4 acres excavated}}

{{ :x178:x178-2_transmission_line_phase_1_rebuild_and_opgw_project.pdf |2024, March 26: X-178 phase 1. Transcription of part of DES application for Alteration of Terrain. The AoT application was not sent to easement encumbered landowners and not given to the town in digital form}}

{{ :x178:3-20-2024_letter_to_pac_and_es_re_percent_of_category_c_poles.pdf |2024, March 20: kp letter to PAC and Eversource re. percent of category c poles}}

{{ :x178:3-20-2024_letter_to_pac_re_opgw.pdf |2024, March 20: kp letter to PAC re. OPGW}}

{{ :x178:2024_03_20_pac_me_puc_comments_x_line_178.pdf |2024, March 20: Maine PUC comments}}

{{ :x178:questions_on_structure_locations_kp_1-18-2024.pdf |2024, March 18, k pastoriza question re structure locations (incorrectly dated)}}

{{ :x178:x-178_annotated.pdf |2024, March 17: X-178 presentation to PAC, annotated}}

{{ :x178:2024_03_15_pac_nescoe_feedback_line_x178.pdf |2024, March 15: NESCOE comments}}

{{ :x178:2024-03-15_eversource_dredge_and_fill_2024-00475_prlac_comments.pdf |2024, March 15: Dredge and Fill PRLAC comments}}

{{ :x178:x-178_document_to_pac_3-14-24.pdf |2024, March 14: Letter to PAC and WMNF commenting on 2016 pole removal project avoidance of wetlands damage}}

{{ :x178:alternatives_x-178.pdf |2024, March 15: k. pastoriza alternatives to project proposal}}

{{ :x178:request_for_pole_locations_x-178_3-9-24.pdf |2024, March 9: k pastoriza request for Category C POLE locations}}

{{ :x178:2024-00475-1_0001.pdf |2024, March 7: Eversource request for NH Division of Historical Resouces review of X-178(1). Eversource states there are no buildings, structures (bridges, walls, culverts, etc.,) objects, districts or landscapes within the project area. DHR requests more information.}}

{{ :x178:proof_of_deliveries_eversource_x178-3_aot_20240305.pdf |2024, March 5: proof of deliveries of X-178(3) hard copies}}

{{ :x178:aot_admin_docs.pdf |2024, March 4: DES to Sugar Hill notice of X-178(3) AoT application, with cc to Bethlehem. "Please provide a copy of this notice to all interested departments, boards and commissions."}}

{{ :x178:wetlands_violations_eversource.pdf |2024, March: Eversource wetlands violations}}

{{ :x178:attachment_2_-_nhf_g_coord_emails.pdf |2024, March 1: Fish & Game to DES: "NHB23-1568, NHB23-1711 X178-1 Transmission Line Rebuild Project NHDES Wetlands Standard Dredge and Fill, Alteration of Terrain NHFG Recommendations"}}

{{ :x178:march_1_2024_questions_for_es_re_x-178.pdf |2024, March 1: Questions on X-178}}

{{ :x178:2024-02-29_re_external_re_nhb23-1568_nhb23-1711_x178-1_transmission_line_rebuild_project.pdf |2024, February 29: X-178(1) }}

{{ :x178:transmittal_final_docs_re_eversource_x178-3_aot_application.pdf |2024, April 29: emails re Proof of transmittal X-178(3)}}

{{ :x178:2024_02_27_pac_guidelines_for_public_comments.pdf |2024, February or March, posted after 2/28 PAC meeting: PAC "Guidelines" for public comments}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_pac_iso_and_es_2-29-2024.pdf |2024, February 29: PAC meetings fail to ensure adequate project review}}

{{ :ac:pac_responsibilites.png?linkonly |2024, February 28: PAC meeting; "While the transmission owners report asset condition projects to the PAC for informational purposes, the ISO does not have a decisional role in this area; these projects fall under a separate tariff administered by the TOs [transmission operators] under the jurisdiction of the FERC." ISO does approve asset condition projects for inclusion in costs passed on to rate-payers. }}

{{ :x178:2024_02_28_pac_final_meeting_minutes.pdf |2024, February 28:  minutes for February 28 PAC meeting with X-178 presentation, not posted on ISO PAC site until July 18, 2024}}

{{ :x178:x-178_easton_plans.pdf |2024: Environmental Permitting Planset, Easton, no wetlands scientist stamp.}}

{{ :x178:x-178_presentation.pdf |2024, February 28: Eversource presentation to PAC}}

{{ :x178:questions_to_david_burnham_on_his_x-178_presentation.pdf |2024, February 27: Questions on Eversource PAC presentation}}

{{ :x178:2024-02-27-con_com_hold_request.pdf |2024, February 27: Easton Conservation Commission request for a 40-day extension for comment on Eversource's X-178 Wetlands Permit Application}}

{{ :x178:questions_to_david_burnham_on_his_x-178_presentation.pdf |2024, February 27: kp question on X-178 presentation to the PAC document}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_pac_es_and_iso_re_x-178.pdf |2024, February 27: kp letter to PAC; X-178 is not an asset condition project}}

{{ :x178:2024_02_27_pac_eversource_response_to_k_pastoriza_comments.pdf |2024, February 26 (dated): Eversource response to k. pastoriza questions.}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_pac_es_and_iso_re_x-178.pdf |2024, February 17: letter to PAC, ISO and ES re failure of X-178 to meet definition of asset condition project}}


{{ :x178:x-178_requests_pac.pdf |2024, February 17: kp request to PAC to allot two hours for questions on Eversource's X-178 proposal to the PAC}}

{{ :x178:20240212_bethlehem_conservation_commission_intervention_email_r.pdf |2024, February 13: "This email is to acknowledge that the Bethlehem Conservation Commission (BCC) has notified the NHDES Wetlands
Bureau of its intent to investigate further the application included in File # 2024‐00297. The NHDES Wetlands Bureau will suspend action on the application until March 25, 2024 or receipt of a report from the BCC, whichever is sooner."}}

{{ :x178:x178-3_sdf_delivery_lac.pdf |2024, February 5: proof of delivery to Ammonoosuc LAC with link to digital Wetlands Application. Eversource claimed AoT and Wetlands application were too large to send.}}

{{:x178:reel_brook_trail_eversource_road_2.jpg?linkonly|2024, February; Reel Brook Trail to be used as access road, pending WMNF approval, section 1}}

{{ :x178:reel_brook_trail_eversource_road_1.jpg?linkonly |2024, February; Reel Brook Trail to be used as access road, pending WMNF approval, section 2}}

{{ :x178:2024_01_25_pac_neto_asset_database.xlsx |2024, January 25: Transmission owners database}}

{{ :x178:question_for_eversource_neto_assets_database_1-25-2024.pdf |2024, January 25: letter to Eversource re. transmission owners database}}

{{ :x178:questions_on_structure_locations_kp_1-18-2024.pdf |2024, January 18: kp questions on structure locations}}

{{ :x178:x-178_1-6-2024_dalton.pdf |2024, January 6, cover letter for wetlands permit application, Dalton}}

{{ :x178:ecc-minutes-january-3-2024.pdf |2024, January 3: Easton Conservation Commission draft minutes}}

{{ :x178:eversource_presentation_to_easton_cc_january_3_2024_comments.pdf |January 6, 2024: Eversource presentation to Easton Conservation Commission with commentary}}

{{ :x178:eversource_presentation_to_easton_original_1-3-2024.pdf |January 3, 2024: Eversource presentation to Easton Conservation Commission}}

{{ :x178:2023-12-30_email_sent_to_forest_service_notifying_it_of_x-178_pac_meeting.pdf |2023, December 30: email to Forest Service and others notifying them of upcoming X-178 PAC presentation}}

{{ :x178:k_pastoriza_comment_on_neto_response_12-14-23.pdf |2023, December 14: Comment on Eversource's doubling and quadrupling of conductor capacity in its "asset condition" projects }}

{{ :x178:smooth_green_snake_flyer.pdf |2023: smooth green snake flyer}}

{{:x178:nhfg_permmit_conditions_nhb23-1106_nhb23-1107_and_nhb23-1108_x178-03_sugar_hill_bethlehem_whitefield_dalton.pdf |2023, December 1: Fish & Game permit conditions X-178(3), Sugar Hill, Bethlehem, Dalton and Whitefield.}}

{{ :x178:2023-10-20_email_sent_to_forest_service_amc_and_atc.pdf |2023, October 20: email sent to Forest Service, AMC and Appalachian Trail Conservancy re Asset Condition problem}}

{{ :x178:2023-10-10_letter_for_forest_service_re._roadless_construction.pdf |2023, October 10: email to Forest Service re. roadless construction}}

{{ :x178:2023-10-05_white_to_nhfg_email.pdf |2023, October 5: Fish & Game and Eversource email}}

{{ :x178:comment_to_fs_on_eversource_rebuild_of_s-136_line.pdf |2023, October 1: Letter to Forest Service on Eversource rebuild of S-136 transmission line}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_es_re_asset_condition_problem_and_x178_september_21-2023.pdf |2023, September 21: Letter to Eversource re. Asset Condition problem.}}

{{ :x178:2024-00475_0001.pdf |2023, September 15: Eversource request to NH Division of Historical Resources for review of X-178(1), states there are no buildings, structures (bridges, walls, culverts, etc.,) objects, districts or landscapes within the project area. DHR writes: "Please contact the DHR to further refine scope of architectural survey."}}

{{ :x178:question_for_eversource_x-178_pac_presentation.pdf |2023, September 11: Questions for Eversource PAC presentation}}

{{ :x178:2023-09-07_newton_to_white.pdf |2023, September 7: Fish and Game and Eversource email}}

{{ ::246_bog_pond_first_view.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: first view of Bog Pond from east showing location of planned 750' x 100' permanent cleared and graded laydown area.}}

{{ ::246_bog_marsh_editeed.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: Bog Marsh}}

{{::247_1_bog_pond_no_crossing.jpg?linkonly|2023, September: X-178 crossing of Bog Pond}}

{{ ::247_2_view_of_lafayette.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: view of Lafayette}}

{{ ::247_3_view_of_mt_wolf.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: view of Mt. Wolf}}

{{ ::247_5_bog_pond_and_cliffs.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: Bog Pond and east side of Old Kinsman Notch. X-178 line below cliffs on left. }}

{{ ::247_7_cliffs_and_pond.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: X-178 line below Cliffs, and Bog Pond}}

{{ ::247_9_pond_and_line_at_cliffs_next.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: Bog Pond and X-178, South Kinsman behind}}

{{ :247_8_pond_and_cliffs_closer_edited.jpg?linkonly |2023, September: Cliffs with X-178 below, and Bog Pond}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_pac_and_eversource_re_x-178_line_8-23-23.pdf |2023, August 23: letter to PAC and Eversource}}

{{ ::x178-1-draft-map-set.pdf |2023, August 1; Campton, Thornton and Woodstock DRAFT proposed construction plans}}

{{ ::x178-2-draft-map-set.pdf |2023, August 1; North Woodstock to Sugar Hill DRAFT proposed construction plans}}

{{ ::x178-3-draft-map-set.pdf |2023, August 1; Sugar Hill, Bethlehem, Dalton, Whitefield DRAFT proposed construction plans}}

{{ ::tags_sh_1948_x-178.jpg?linkonly |2023, Inspection/Treatment tags on 1948 section of line}}

{{ ::dji_0299.jpg?linkonly |2023, July 3; drone image X-178 }}

{{ ::dji_0313.jpg?linkonly |2023, July 23; drone image x-178 no road }}

{{ :x178:nhb23-3374_white_r.pdf |2023, June 22: Natural Heritage Bureau datacheck email 1}}

{{ :x178:nhb23-3374_white_r-1.pdf |2023, June 22: Natural Heritage Bureau datacheck email 2}}

{{ :x178:questions_for_eversource_re_proposed_x-178_upgrade_6_2023.pdf |2023, June; questions for Eversource}}

{{ :x178:response_to_eversource_x-178_5_24_2023.pdf |2023, May 24;  response to Eversource answers to questions}}

{{ :x178:questions_for_eversource_re_proposed_x-178_upgrade_5_2023.pdf |2023, May; questions for Eversource}}

{{ ::img_20230429_072844702.jpg?linkonly |2023, May; photo of line}}

{{ :x178:letter_to_iso_re_x-178_line_and_asset_condition_5-2023.pdf |2023, May letter to ISO re X-178 and Asset Condition problem}}

{{ :x178:emails_redacted.pdf |2023, May 8-22: WMNF-E$ emails re permitting rebuild; "X178-2
140 structures to be replaced within the WMNF Some off right of way access required Wetland Impact: ~526,617 sq. ft. (~12.1 acres) Upland Grading Impacts: ~ 1,938,401 sq. ft. (~44.5 acres)"}}

{{ :x178:p_20230918_attachment_species_list_new_england_ecological_services_field_office.pdf |2023, May 16: Fish and Wildlife letter re. endangered species}}

{{ ::x178:x178_project-introduction-letter.pdf |2023, April 22: "Dear Neighbor" letter}}

{{ :x178:x178_project-fact-sheet.pdf |2023, April; Project Fact Sheet sent to landowners claiming reliability}}

{{ ::4-14-23_e_to_easton_.png?linkonly |2023, April 14; E$ to Easton: "The only request at this point in time is keeping it to municipal staff only while we complete additional outreach to the towns along this line from Campton up to Whitefield.'}}

{{ ::x178_project_intro_easton_2023.pdf |2023, April 14; "Confidential" Project information sent with the email above.}}

{{ :x178:20230530_attachment_x178_project_intro_lincoln_4.7.23.pdf |2023, April 7: Project presentation to WMNF. }}

{{ ::gza_x178_line_phib_iac_archaeological_survey_4-13-23_redacted.pdf |2023, April 13: Archaeological survey proposal, WMNF}}

{{ :x178:x178_survey_postcard_9.19.22.pdf |2022, September 19: Survey Postcard}}

{{ :x178:x178_spn_plan_compiled-1.pdf |2021, February 18: Transmission line aerial overview plans, GZA}}

{{ :x178:x178_spn_plan.pdf |2020, January 30: Aerial overview plan}}

{{ :x178:a03_tc_2019_17-schedule_12_redline.pdf |2019: ISO adds wording to OATT Schedule 12B #8.}}

{{ :x178:2018-10-17_final_pac_minutes.pdf |2018, October 17: PAC meeting minutes}}

{{ ::e_22018-9_115kv_pac_submissions.pdf |2018, October 17; PAC submission, replace 56 structures out of 570 at $11.2 million, later cancelled}}

{{ :x178:2017_november_7_np_helicopter_patrols_on_non-np_lines.png?linkonly |2017, November 7: Helicopter patrols on Northern Pass route}}

{{ :x178:2017_river_crossings_existing_poles_and_wires_just_fine.pdf |2017 river crossing application, no mention of pole condition problems.}}

{{ :x178:helicopters_x-178_crossbar_replacement.png?linkonly |circa 2017 crossbar and insulator replacement}}

{{ ::bog_pond_scenic_area.pdf |2016: Bog Pond Scenic Area proposal rejected by WMNF}}

{{ ::bog_pond_scenic_area_procedural_history.pdf |2016: Bog Pond Scenic Area procedural history}}

{{ :x178:easton.pdf |2015, November 9: SPNHF letter to Easton re. property rights; "Further, the DES regulations require "[t]he applicant(s) or agent and the owner(s) or agent, if other than the applicant(s), [to] sign and date the application form." !d. 1503.10(a). Because the property owner of some of the route, the Forest Society, has not signed Nothern Pass's application, the application is incomplete. It does not include all the required signatures."}}

{{ ::15-464_2015-10-19_eversource_ptestimony_r_andrew.pdf |2015, October 19: Testimony for Northern Pass; "load has not required upgrade of remaining [336] lines"}}

{{ ::x178_final_report.pdf |2016: PAR report on removal of poles dumped in WMNF by PSNH during 1986 replacement, without roads or construction pads, of the 1948 line. This project was initiated by the Easton Conservation Commission. Eversource plans to build the new line and new permanent roads and construction "pads" in areas Eversource deemed too vulnerable for pole removal.}}

{{ :x178:x178_work_plan_7-2015.pdf |2015, July: work plan' "#1. Easton, Approximately 27 old poles to be removed. Debris located between X178 structure 266 and 291/ #2. Woodstock, NH, Approximately 41 old poles to be removed, Debris located between X178 structure 199 and 210 #3. Lincoln, NH, Approximately 147 old poles/pieces to be removed. Debris located between X178 structure 211 and 264"}}

{{ :x178:winco_safety_manual.pdf |Winco Lineman's safety manual}}

{{ :x178:winco_jhas.pdf |Winco Longline job hazard analysis}}

{{ :x178:helicopter_requirements-par.pdf |PAR helicopter requirements}}

{{ :x178:health_and_safety_plan_-_x178_nh.pdf |PAR X-178 Health and Safety Plan}}

{{ :x178:x-178_eversource_longline_submittal.pdf |2015, July: PAR submittal: "If this project is awarded, PAR will longline several individuals into a ROW in order to cut up left over structure pieces and debris so they can be removed by the aircraft. Due to the lack of access, workers will need to be lowered into the ROW via longline...Workers will be transferred into different locations along an 8 mile stretch of ROW
being inserted and extracted by longline."}}

{{ :x178:eversource_transmission_line_valuation_easton_001.jpg?linkonly |2014: Eversource valuation of ROW and infrastructure in Easton}}

{{ ::northern_pass_and_the_white_mountain_national_forest_5-22-2013.pdf |2013, May 22: Northern Pass and WMNF Special Use Permit requirements}}

{{ :x178:wmnf_sup_exhibitsabcd.pdf |NP Special Use Permit info. for WMNF with map showing where Eversource has no ROW}}

{{ ::muntz_poem.pdf |2013; found poem: Muntz WMNF special use permit application}}

{{ :x178:letter-to-tom-wagner-jan.-30-2013_project_must_have_overriding_need.pdf |2013, January 29: Letter from NGOs and towns to WMNF;"United States Forest Service (“USFS”) regulations and guidance and the provisions of the WMNF Land and Resource Management Plan (“Forest Plan”)" include "the mandate that the project, given its proposed location within the Appalachian Trail management area, constitute the “only feasible and prudent alternative to meet an overriding public need,”"}}

{{ :x178:wmnf_roadless_areas.pdf |2005?: White Mountain Roadless Areas. Kinsman: "The powerline corridor on the south boundary of the Inventoried Roadless Area is the most prominent non-conforming feature near the Inventoried Roadless Area. The corridor separates this Inventoried Roadless Area from the Mt. Wolf-Gordon Pond Inventoried Roadless Area. Its removal is impractical and unanticipated at this time."}}

{{ :x178:bog_pond_with_dumped_poles.jpg?linkonly |Bog Pond area with poles dumped in 1986 "upgrade"}}

{{ :x178:bpg_pond_looking_toward_at.jpg?linkonly |1948 pole Bog Pond area}}

{{:x178:bog_pond_1.jpg?linkonly|Bog Pond area}}

{{ :x178:np_amended_attachment_to_sup_9-5-2013.pdf |2013, September 5: Northern Pass amended attachment to Special Use Permit}}

{{ :m127:nu-e_plans_for_np_and_webster_345kv_2008.pdf |2008, March 31: Northeast Utilities (now Eversource) plans for Deerfield to Webster to Coolidge, Vermont 345kV line and Northern Pass}}

{{ ::bog_pond_feis.pdf |FEIS}}

{{ :x178:wtm0758_permit.pdf |2007 Special Use permit for .75 miles; upper Reel Brook Trail and two connecting trails/roads to the powerline. Good until 2036}}

{{ :x178:wtm0759_permit.pdf |2007 Special Use permit, Easton, Lincoln, Woodstock}}

{{ :x178:wtm0771_permit.pdf |2007 Special Use permit; Russell Pond, Horner Brook}}

{{ :x178:x-178_crossing_north_woodstock_1987.pdf |1987 Pemigewasset crossing, North Woodstock}}

{{ ::psnh_upgrade_x-178.pdf |1986 'upgrade' paid for by Hydro-Quebec}}

{{ :x178:psnh_pesticides_on_row.pdf |Pesticides used on ROW until 1985}}

{{ :x178:chaspowerlinecutstand_nov_1970_edited.jpg?linkonly |1970, November: powerline and easement before the 1985 rebuild, Easton, looking towards Reel Brook watershed. Herbicide spraying was done during this time.}}

{{ :x178:x-178_sup_russell_brook.pdf |1970, November 13: Special Use Permit for powerline in Woodstock}}

{{ :x178:horner_brook_special_use_permit.pdf |1970, March 25: FS to DOT re Special Use Permit for re-routed section of X-178 caused by I-93 extension north: "The lines should be planned, designed and constructed for the future anticipated needs of 345kV and 115kV and not to the present so that when the time comes, the necessary towers or poles will be in place and no added width will be needed."}}

{{ :x178:x-178_horner_brook_special_use_permit.pdf |1970, March 25: FS to DOT re Special Use Permit for powerline in Woodstock.}}

{{ :x178:x-178_russell_pond_powerlines.pdf |1970, February 19: Plymouth Record on powerline relocation}}

{{ ::1970_fs_denies_psnh_sup_bog_pond.pdf |1970, February 10: Forest Service denies PSNH special use permit for new line}}

{{ :x178:x-178_fs_dot_russell_pond_brook_to_horner_brook_powerline.pdf |1970, February 6 through March 3; Forest Service and DOT documents re expansion of I-93 and relocation of powerline; "Due to increased demands for power, it appears that within a ten year period the combined existing 115kV and 69kV lines will be boosted to 345kV and 115kV and the existing 69kV line feeding northerly to Lincoln from the substation will be increased to a 115kV line."}}

{{ :x178:x-178_union_leader_1970_powerlines.pdf |1970, June 26: Union Leader article on powerline relocation; "...it has been projected that Public Service will have to provide twice as much electric power just eight years from now as the company is providing today."}}

{{ :psnh_1950_service_area.jpg?linkonly |1950 PSNH transmission map showing X-178}}

{{ :x178:condemnation.png?linkonly |1948: portion of condemnation deed, Easton: "In order to meet the reasonable requirements of service to the public , it is necessary for the company to construct one or more 115kV transmission lines from Groveton, New Hampshire to North Woodstock, New Hampshire."}}

{{ :x178:wmnf_sup_permit_for_x-178_2.jpg?linkonly |1948, June 15: WMNF SUP permit for X178, "part of a similar line from Northumberland to Woodstock"}}

{{ ::1945_fs_suggests_bog_pond.pdf |1945: Forest Service suggests Bog Pond rather than Coppermine Trail}}

{{ :x178:bog_pond_from_south_kinsman_before_powerlines.jpg?linkonly |Bog Pond from South Kinsman before powerline}}