Affidavit of Barry Needleman
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____ STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SITE EVALUATION COMMITTEE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF SITE AND FACILITY BY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE D/B/A EVERSOURCE ENERGY FOR A NEW 1 1 5 Ky TRNASMISISON LINE FROM MADBURY SUBSTATION TO PORTSMOUTH SUBSTATION SEC DOCKET NO. AFFIDAVIT OF BARRY NEEDLEMAN I, Barry Needleman, being duly sworn, do under oath depose and state as follows: 1 . I am a Director at McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Association, which represents Public Service Company ofNew Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (“Eversource”) in the above-captioned matter. • 2. Eversource intends to construct a new I 1 5 kilovolt (kV) transmission line, approximately 1 3 miles in length, between existing substations in Madbury, New Hampshire and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The proposed facility will be located in the Towns of Madbury, Durham, and Newington, and the City of Portsmouth. 3 . RSA 162-H: 10 requires that Eversource, as an applicant for a Certificate of Site and Facility, hold at least one public information session in each county where the proposed facility will be located, at a minimum, 30 days prior to filing the Application with the Site Evaluation Committee. In addition, the statute requires that no less than 14 days before the public information session, the Applicant must publish a Public Notice in one or more newspapers having a regular circulation in the county in which the session is to be held. 4. The Statute further requires that not less than 1 0 days before such session, Eversource must provide a copy of the public notice to the chairperson of the Site Evaluation Committee. ______________ 5. In accordance with the Statute, the Public Notice for the Rockingham County Public Information Session was published in the New Hampshire Union Leader on April 3 , 2015, the Portsmouth Herald, a newspaper ofregular circulation in Rockingham County, on April 3, 2015, and Foster’s Daily Democrat, a newspaper ofregular circulation in Rockingham County, on April 4, 2015. Copies ofthe Notices ofPublic Information Session for Rockingham County are attached hereto as Exhibit A. 6. The Public Notice for the Strafford County Public Information Session was published in the New Hampshire Union Leader on April 3, 201 5, the Portsmouth Herald, a newspaper ofregular circulation in Strafford County, on April 3, 201 5, and Foster’s Daily Democrat, a newspaper ofregular circulation in Strafford County, on April 4, 201 5. Copies of the Notices ofPublic Information Session for Strafford County are attached hereto as Exhibit B. FURTHER THE AFFIANT SAYETH NOT i/A% Date arry Needleman STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNTY OF MERRIMACK , Personally appeared before me this I day ofApril, 2015, the above-described Barry Needleman, and made oath that the statements contained in the withi,nffidavit are true and accurate to the best of his knowledge and belief. \ ( L/ Notary Pu1ic/JiistitëöflhëPEe My Commission Expires: t”uhtl,,1,tI, o,: MY ••tfl OOMMISSKN EXPIRES E: MAR.30,2016 % J ¾,,, f1AM?S’ — 2 — ttJ1HIflttt V 1fflIHXI ____________ ____________________________________________________________________ Page 88 . NEW NAMPSNIRE UNION 1EAEE Fay, 4tE 3, 2015 NotIces Legal Notice Legal Notice Legal Notice Legal Notice Legal Notice Legal Notice NORTOAGEES NOtIC! OP SELE NON7000EtN aNflCE or sac MON0000EEN CEYlON NP SALE ENAFEO% COIMfl, M0056AO!EN NOTICE OP MONCHESTER, NIl NP NENL PNNPENfl NPEE*L PNOPERNI N? REAL PROtEINS NEW NANPNNINE NAtE OF NEAL PNOPENET ZNNWNNN*NDNP*DJNSTNENT ““‘ . 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