STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SITE EVALUATION COMMITTEE

Docket No. 2015-06

October 13,2016

Joint Application of Northern Pass Transmission, LLC and Public Service Company of New Hampshire

d/b/a Eversource Energy for a Certificate of Site and Facility

REVISED TECHNICAL SESSION AGENDA

Technical Sessions in this docket were held on September 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 30, and October 5, 6, and 11, 2016. To ensure the orderly conduct of the remaining technical sessions, the following revised technical session agenda shall supersede the revised agenda issued on October 3, 2016.

The Technical Sessions scheduled on October 14, 27, and 28,2016, shall begin at 9:00a.m., and will take place at 49 Donovan Street, Concord, NH.

The Technical Session scheduled on October 18,2016, shall begin at 9:00a.m., and will take place at 11 South Main Street, Capital Commons, 3rd floor con.ference room, Concord, NH.

1. The following schedule of witnesses from the previously published agenda is revised

as follows:

Oct. 14 (Day 2, continued from Sept. 15)- Historical Resources 1

• Cherilyn Widell

Oct. 18, Morning Session (Day 3, continued from Sept. 20 and 22)- Environmental Panel2

• Robert Varney, Jacob Tinus, Lee Carbonneau, Dennis Magee, Sarah Barnum

Oct. 18, Afternoon Session (Day 3, continued from Sept. 16 and Oct. 6)- Project Economics and Market Benefits3

• Julia Frayer

1 The Order of Inquiry will not include Counsel for the Public. 2 The Order oflnquiry will include SPNHF and Deerfield Abutters, only. 3 The Order oflnquiry will begin with Ms. Birchard as spokesperson for the NGO group, and will not include NEPGA.

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Oct. 27 (Day 3, continued from Sept. 15 and Oct. 14)- Historical Resources

• Cherilyn Widell

Oct. 28 (Day 3, continued from Sept. 19 and 21)- Orderly Development

• Lisa Shapiro

TBD (Day 4, continued from Sept. 19, 21, and Oct. 28)- Orderly Development

• Robert V amey

2. Order of Inquiry. The order of inquiry for each witness/panel will be as follows and is subject to change at the discretion of the Counsel for the Committee or the Administrator:

Intervenor Group Spokesperson Counsel for the Public Thomas Pappas Municipal Group 1-North Steve Ellis Municipal Group 1-South Steven Whitley Municipal Group 2 C. Christine Fillmore Municipal Group 3-North Steven Whitley Municipal Group 3-South Danielle Pacik City of Franklin and City of Berlin Chris Boldt Grafton County Commissioners Lara Saffo Society for the Protection ofNH Forests Amy Manzelli Appalachian Mountain Club, Conservation Law Melissa Birchard Foundation, and Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust NEPGA Carol Holahan Abutting Property Owners (underground portion), Bradley Thompson Clarksville-Stewartstown Abutting Property Owners (overhead portion), Susan Percy Dummer, Stark, and Northumberland Abutting Property Owners (overhead portion), David Van Houten Whitefield, Dalton, and Bethlehem Abutting Property Owners (underground portion), Walter Palmer Bethlehem to Plymouth Abutting Property Owners (overhead portion), Stephen Judge Ashland, Northfield, Canterbury, Allenstown, and Concord Abutting Property Owners (overhead portion), Robert Cote Deerfield

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Intervenor Group Spokesperson Phillip and Joan Bilodeau Scott Hogan Non-Abutting Property Owners (overhead Alan Robert Baker portion), Clarksville and Stewartstown Non-Abutting Property Owners (overhead Rebecca More portion), Stark, Lancaster, Whitefield, Dalton, and Bethlehem Non-Abutting Property Owners (underground Spokesperson has not been portion), Bethlehem to Plymouth named

Lee Sullivan & Stephen Buzzell Timothy and Rebecca Burbank, Edward Cenerizio, Deborah Corey and Matthew Steele James H. Page Jr.

Non-Abutting Property Owners (overhead Charlotte Crane portion) Ashland to Deerfield Sugar Hill Historical Museum, NH Preservation Rebecca Harris or Jennifer Alliance and National Trust for Historic Goodman Preservation, North Country Scenic Byways Council Cate Street Capital, IBEW, Coos County Alan Raff Business and Employers Group, North Country Chamber of Commerce, and Dixville Capital, LLC and Balsams Resort Holdings, LLC Wagner Forest Mike Novello Pemigewasset River Local Advisory Committee Max Stamp

3. Procedures. Inquiries shall be in a question form and shall not be argumentative.

Repetitive questions or inquiries will not be allowed. Questions and inquiries to witnesses should

be limited to issues pertaining to the witness's field of expertise, pre-filed testimony, and should

be within the scope of the adjudicative proceeding. Questions regarding qualifications of

witnesses will also be allowed. If a proper question or inquiry cannot be answered at the time of

the Technical Session, the parties will attempt to agree to a date by which the answer must be

provided in writing. Said answers are to be distributed to the parties only service list and shall

not be copied to the Committee.

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4. Mediation of Disputes. Counsel for the Committee or the Administrator will mediate

any disputes regarding inquiries and requests for information, and will maintain a list of

documents or additional answers requested by the parties. To the extent that any party is

aggrieved by the handling of any inquiry, question or document request, that party shall file an

appropriate motion for discovery, objection to discovery, or motion for a protective order. All

motions and/or objections shall be directed to the presiding officer and shall comply with the

Committee's Procedural Rules and the Procedural Order issued in this docket.

October 13, 2016 Pamela G. Monroe, Administrator Site Evaluation Committee

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