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State of New York Public Service Commission ______ Case No. 15-F-0327 Bay STATE OF NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION _____________________________________________ Application of Galloo Island Wind Energy Facility for Case No. 15-F-0327 a Certificate under Article 10 of the Public Service Law _____________________________________________ PRE-FILED TESTIMONY OF: KIMBERLY BAY RESEARCH BIOMETRICIAN WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. Case No. 15-F-0327 Bay 1 Q: Please state your name, employer, and business address. 2 A: Kimberly Bay, Western Ecosystems Technology (WEST), Inc. 415 W. 17th Street, Suite 200, 3 Cheyenne, WY 82201. 4 Q: What is your position at WEST? 5 A: I am a Senior Manager at WEST. 6 Q: How long have you been employed at WEST? 7 A: I have been employed at WEST since 2001. 8 Q: Please describe your educational background and professional experience. 9 A: I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics/Statistics and my Master of Science degree 10 in Statistics from the University of Wyoming. During my time at WEST, I have been involved in 11 database creation and management with a focus on assessing wildlife impacts from wind energy 12 projects. Over the years, I have participated in or overseen hundreds of studies of wind energy 13 projects on behalf of WEST. A copy of my resume is attached. 14 Q: Please describe your current responsibilities with WEST. 15 A: I am responsible for developing plans for baseline studies to assess potential risk to wildlife at 16 proposed wind energy facilities and developing and implementing post-construction monitoring 17 programs. In that capacity, I am responsible for managing all aspects of a project from proposal 18 development and staff coordination through data analysis and report preparation. 19 Q: Have you previously testified before the New York State Public Service Commission or Siting 20 Board on Electric Generation? 21 A: No 22 Q: Have you previously served as an expert witness before any other court, agency, or other 23 body on the subject you plan to offer testimony on today? 24 A: No Case No. 15-F-0327 Bay 25 Q: What is the purpose and scope of your testimony in this proceeding? 26 A: To sponsor certain portions of the Galloo Island Wind Energy Facility Application or the Exhibits 27 thereto. 28 Q: What portion(s) of the Application is your testimony sponsoring? 29 A: Exhibit 22: Terrestrial Ecology and Wetlands. Specifically, my testimony is to provide explanations 30 of the results of pre-construction bird and bat studies conducted to date. 31 Q: Were these Exhibits, Application sections, or studies prepared by you or under your direction 32 and supervision. 33 A: Yes. 34 Q: In your testimony, will you refer to, or otherwise rely upon, any studies, publications, data or 35 documents produced by persons other than yourself/your company? If so, please cite these 36 sources. [These are independent studies, etc.] 37 A: References are listed in Exhibit 22. 38 Q: Does this conclude your testimony? 39 A: Yes. Kimberly J. Bay, Research Biometrician PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2017 – Present Senior Manager, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming 2013-2017 Project Manager, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming 2010-2013 Data Analysis /Reports Manager, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming 2005-2010 Biometrician, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming 2001-2005 Data Technician, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming SPECIALTY AREAS EDUCATION Project Management: Ms. Bay has experience in managing all aspects of a project from M.S. proposal development and staff coordination through data analysis and report preparation. As University of Wyoming Project Manager, Ms. Bay has insured that wildlife and natural resource surveys, and Laramie, Wyoming environmental permit applications are completed on schedule, in budget, and to the highest 2003 quality standards. As part of managing numerous projects throughout the United States, Ms. Statistics Bay has worked successfully with clients, resource agencies, and multi-disciplinary teams on projects that have included proposed and completed wind and solar energy facilities. B.S. Statistical Design and Analysis of Monitoring and Risk/Impact Assessment Studies, University of Wyoming Meta-Analysis: Ms. Bay has developed study plans for numerous baseline studies across the Laramie, Wyoming US and Central America to assess potential risk to wildlife at proposed wind-energy facilities. 2000 She has also developed and implemented post-construction monitoring studies for assessing Mathematics/Statistics the impact on wildlife from wind-energy facilities. Ms. Bay has developed multiple large cumulative databases associated with data collected during surveys both prior to and after wind energy development. The compilation of this data enables Ms. Bay and others at WEST ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND to complete large meta-analyses to further explore the impacts of wind-energy on various TRAINING wildlife taxa, including an update to the USFWS eagle collision model. SAS Data Analyst and Report Manager: Ms. Bay managed the data and personnel to analyze and R report the findings of 70 – 100 wind energy projects per annum. This required the management SPLUS of the data entry, qa/qc, analysis, report compiling, technical editing, and the personnel SPSS associated with these tasks. Microsoft ACCESS ARCVIEW Database Creation and Management: Ms. Bay has extensive consulting experience in the design and use of relational databases for data management. Ms. Bay primarily uses R, SAS, Arcview, MSSQL, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel to manage data and visually display information. Ms. Bay has been involved in the creation of data entry forms in Microsoft Access and MSSQL to facilitate data entry and has helped develop electronic data collection forms for various formats to facilitate streamlined data collection in the field. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Bay, K. K. Nasman, W. Erickson, K. Taylor, and K. Kosciuch. 2016. Predicting Eagle Fatalities at Wind Facilities. Journal of Wildlife Management: doi: 10.80(6): 1000-1010. Erickson WP, Wolfe MM, Bay KJ, Johnson DH, Gehring JL. 2014. A Comprehensive Analysis of Small-Passerine Fatalities from Collision with Turbines at Wind Energy Facilities. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107491. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107491 Holst, M., C.R. Greene Jr., W.J. Richardson, T.L. McDonald, K. Bay, S.J. Schwartz and G. Smith. 2011. Responses of pinnipeds to Navy missile launches at San Nicolas Island, California. Aquat. Mamm. 37(2):139-150. Anderson, R., W. P. Erickson, M. D. Strickland, M. Bourassa, K. J. Bay, K. J. Sernka, J. Tom, and N. Newmann. 2004. Avian Monitoring and Risk Assessment at the San Gorgonio Wind Resource Area. Subcontract Report for the California Energy Commission, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the American Wind Energy Association. Johnson, G. D., M. D. Strickland, W. P. Erickson, and K. J. Bay. 2004. Final Report, Spring Migration Avian Studies for the Proposed Long Island Power Authority Offshore Wind Power Project, Long Island, New York. Technical Report Prepared for FPL Energy. Case No. 15-F-0327 Behal STATE OF NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION _____________________________________________ Application of Galloo Island Wind Energy Facility for Case No. 15-F-0327 a Certificate under Article 10 of the Public Service Law _____________________________________________ PRE-FILED TESTIMONY OF: GIRISH BEHAL, PMP SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER—STRATEGIC INITIATIVES SNC-LAVALIN Case No. 15-F-0327 Behal 1 Q: Please state your name, employer, and business address. 2 A: Girish Behal, PMP, SNC-Lavalin, 150 State Street, Suite 120, Rochester, New York, 14614. 3 Q: What is your position at SNC-Lavalin? 4 A: Senior Project Manager—Strategic Initiatives. 5 Q: How long have you been employed with SNC-Lavalin? 6 A: I have been employed with SNC-Lavalin since 2011. 7 Q: Please describe your educational background and professional experience. 8 A: I received a Diploma and Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, 9 Gujarat, India. I also received a Graduate Certificate in Power Systems and a Master of Science in 10 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Power Systems) from Worchester Polytechnic Institute. In 11 2017, I received a Master of Business Administration from the Simon Business School, University of 12 Rochester. I have more than 14 years of experience in onshore and offshore renewables, 13 transmission and distribution projects for voltage levels from 11 kV to 345 kV, involving substation, 14 overhead and underground transmission lines. My curriculum vitae is attached. 15 Q: Please describe your current responsibilities with SNC-Lavalin. 16 A: I am responsible for leading and managing project development in the area of onshore and off-shore 17 renewables, portfolio management of key projects in the area of FERC 1000, interregional 18 transmission planning, and strategic due diligence. I also provide project-specific oversight to the 19 engineering teams that perform interconnection analysis, congestion analysis and additional studies 20 and engineering to support projects in the power sector. 21 Q: Have you previously testified before the New York State Public Service Commission or Siting 22 Board on Electric Generation? 23 A: No. Case No. 15-F-0327 Behal 24 Q: Have you previously served as an expert witness before any other court, agency, or other 25 body on the subject you plan to offer testimony on today? 26 A: I have testified in various local and
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