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Electric Generating Plants
As of December 31, 2013, PSNH owned the following electric generating plants:
Type of Plant
Number
of Units
Year
Installed
Claimed
Capability*
(kilowatts)
Fossil – Steam Plants
5 units
1952-74
935,343
Hydro
20 units
1901-83
60,736
Internal Combustion
5 units
1968-70
101,868
Biomass
1 unit
2006
42,594
Total PSNH Generating Plant
31 units
1,140,541
* Claimed capability represents winter ratings as of December 31, 2013. The combined nameplate capacity of the generating plants
is approximately 1,200 MW.
As of December 31, 2013, WMECO owned the following electric generating plants:
Type of Plant
Number
of Sites
Year
Installed
Claimed
Capability**
(kilowatts)
Solar Fixed Tilt, Photovoltaic
2 sites
2010-11
4,100
** Claimed capability represents the direct current nameplate capacity of the plant.
CL&P and NSTAR Electric do not own any electric generating plants.
Natural Gas Distribution System
As of December 31, 2013, Yankee Gas owned 28 active gate stations, 206 district regulator stations, and 3,291 miles of natural gas
main pipeline. Yankee Gas also owns a 1.2 Bcf LNG facility in Waterbury, Connecticut.
As of December 31, 2013, NSTAR Gas owned 21 active gate stations, 145 district regulator stations, and 3,213 miles of natural gas
main pipeline. NSTAR Gas and Hopkinton own a satellite vaporization plant and above ground cryogenic storage tanks. In addition,
Hopkinton owns a liquefaction and vaporization plant. Combined, the tanks have an aggregate storage capacity equivalent to 3.5 Bcf of
natural gas.
Franchises
CL&P Subject to the power of alteration, amendment or repeal by the General Assembly of Connecticut and subject to certain
approvals, permits and consents of public authority and others prescribed by statute, CL&P has, subject to certain exceptions not
deemed material, valid franchises free from burdensome restrictions to provide electric transmission and distribution services in the
respective areas in which it is now supplying such service.
In addition to the right to provide electric transmission and distribution services as set forth above, the franchises of CL&P include,
among others, limited rights and powers, as set forth under Connecticut law and the special acts of the General Assembly constituting
its charter, to manufacture, generate, purchase and/or sell electricity at retail, including to provide Standard Service, Supplier of Last
Resort service and backup service, to sell electricity at wholesale and to erect and maintain certain facilities on public highways and
grounds, all subject to such consents and approvals of public authority and others as may be required by law. The franchises of CL&P
include the power of eminent domain. Connecticut law prohibits an electric distribution company from owning or operating generation
assets. However, under "An Act Concerning Energy Independence," enacted in 2005, CL&P is permitted to own up to 200 MW of
peaking facilities if the PURA determines that such facilities will be more cost effective than other options for mitigating FMCC and
Locational Installed Capacity (LICAP) costs. In addition, under "An Act Concerning Electricity and Energy Efficiency," enacted in 2007,
an electric distribution company, such as CL&P, is permitted to purchase an existing electric generating plant located in Connecticut
that is offered for sale, subject to prior approval from the PURA and a determination by the PURA that such purchase is in the public
interest. Finally, Connecticut law also allows CL&P to submit a proposal to the DEEP to build, own or operate one or more generation
facilities up to 10 MWs using Class 1 renewable energy.
NSTAR ELECTRIC AND NSTAR GAS Through their charters, which are unlimited in time, NSTAR Electric and NSTAR Gas have the
right to engage in the business of delivering and selling electricity and natural gas within their respective service territories, and have
powers incidental thereto and are entitled to all the rights and privileges of and subject to the duties imposed upon electric and natural
gas companies under Massachusetts laws. The locations in public ways for electric transmission and distribution lines and gas
distribution pipelines are obtained from municipal and other state authorities who, in granting these locations, act as agents for the
state. In some cases the actions of these authorities are subject to appeal to the DPU. The rights to these locations are not limited in