Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele, PC Represents Client Before the New Hampshire Decommissioning Financing Committee

Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele, PC, represented the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (“MMWEC”) before the New Hampshire Decommissioning Financing Committee (“Committee”), in the Committee’s proceeding to establish the funding requirements for each owner of the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant (“Seabrook Station”), located in Seabrook, New Hampshire.  MMWEC owns an approximate 11.59% undivided interest in Seabrook Station.  Following several months of pre-hearing conferences, an evidentiary hearing, and a public hearing, the Committee issued its Final Report and Order on March 11, 2009. 

The Committee’s mandate is to ensure that sufficient funds are available to properly and safely decommission the Seabrook Station site, following the expiration of Seabrook Station’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to operate.  The Committee is required to determine the projected cost of decommissioning Seabrook Station, and the schedule of payments establishing how much each joint owner must contribute to the Decommissioning Fund each year.   Funds held in the Decommissioning Fund are invested by the joint owners, subject to guidelines promulgated by the New Hampshire State Treasurer.  The Committee compares the Decommissioning Fund balances and projected Decommissioning Fund balances to the projected cost to decommissioning Seabrook Station, to arrive at the annual schedule of payments for each joint owner.  In order to carry out its mandate, the Committee solicits information and testimony from the joint owners and the public.

Ferriter Scobbo attorneys Nick Scobbo and Bruce Anderson assisted the client in the Committee proceeding, by collaborating with the other joint owners to present stipulated issues to the Committee, drafting responses to the Committee’s information requests, preparing the client’s witness to file an affidavit and testify before the Committee, and representing the client during each pre-hearing conference, the evidentiary hearing, and the public hearing.  

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