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Southern Loop Informational Open Houses -
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Southern Loop Public Involvement Process

• Leadership Team
• (3 Meetings)
• Define the Problem Statement
• Approve the Public Involvement Process
• Review and approve the Background Report
• Determine Stakeholder Groups and criteria for
  representation at the Utility Search Conference
• Determine Stakeholder Groups to be represented on
  the CWG
• Oversee the Stakeholder nomination process
• Identify the initial Stakeholder Representative
  nominees
• Invited to and remain informed of all CWG
  proceedings

• Community Working Group
• (10 Meetings)
• Review and strengthen the recommendations that
  came out of the Utility Search Conference
• Forward final recommendations to CVPS and VELCO
  for consideration

• Background Report Committee
• (2 Meetings)
• Assist in preparation of the Background Report
• Provide technical guidance to the CWG

• Utility Search Conference
• January 30 31, 2006
• 2-day summit to discuss the Problem Statement
• Over 200 individuals nominated to participate
• 46 participants from 7 Stakeholder Groups
  selected
• Stakeholders developed a series of
  recommendations for solving the Southern Loop
  Problem Statement

• Next Steps
• CWG will review comments from the Public
  Information Meetings.
• CWG will propose final recommendations to VELCO
  and CVPS.
• CVPS and VELCO may conduct additional outreach.
• VELCO and CVPS will propose a solution and will
  apply for necessary permits.
• Additional public involvement will be conducted
  as part of the formal permitting process.

Process Design Facilitation STAR Group, LLC
Central Vermont Public Service
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Southern Loop Informational Open Houses -
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Southern Loop Informational Open Houses -
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VELCO/CVPS Select Option for Filing
Regulatory Process
Central Vermont Public Service
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Southern Loop Informational Open Houses -
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SOUTHERN LOOP PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PROCESS LEADERSHIP TEAM
Sharyn Brush Member Bennington Select Board
Tom Dunn Director, Capital Projects Vermont Electric Power Company
Sarah Edwards State Representative Brattleboro
Rick Hube State Representative Londonderry
Chris Kilian Executive Director Conservation Law Foundation
Joe Kraus Senior Vice President Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Jim Matteau Executive Director Windham Regional Planning Commission
Peter Odierna Executive Director Bennington County Industrial Corporation
Dick Sears State Senator Bennington
Doug Stringfield Director of Engineering Security Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
Central Vermont Public Service
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Southern Loop Informational Open Houses -
September 12-14th 2006
SOUTHERN LOOP PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PROCESS BACKGROUND REPORT COMMITTEE
Rex Burke Member Bennington Regional Commission
Don Harvey Electrical Engineer (Retired)
Graham Hunter Architect/Consultant
Kim Jones Principal Engineer Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Clem Kopf Engineer Stratton/Intrawest
Dean LaForest Manager, Planning Vermont Electric Power Company
Tom Phair Owner Monument Electric
Rich Sedano Director Regulatory Assistance Project

Consultant
Robert Bellemare, P.E. President UtiliPoint International, Inc.
Central Vermont Public Service
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Southern Loop Informational Open Houses -
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SOUTHERN LOOP PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PROCESS COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP
Debbie Boyle President Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation Brattleboro
Bill Calfee BPI Certified Shell Heating Analyst Peak Energy Solutions Dorset
John Cueman President Bromley Mountain Ski Resort Manchester Center
Kevin Dailey Director of Human Resources Mack Molding Company Arlington
Alan Dann Chairman League of Women Voters Energy Committee Brattleboro
Kevin Duby Manager, Facilities Brattleboro Retreat Brattleboro
Marge Fish Secretary Londonderry Rescue Squad Londonderry
Rick Foley Professor of Technology, Design and Safety Keene State College Brattleboro
Audrey Garfield Member Brattleboro Selectboard Brattleboro
Richard Gauthier Chief Bennington Police Department Bennington
Mark Gilmore Emergency Planning Vermont Yankee Brattleboro
John Haugsrud Vice President Quadra-Tek Arlington
Central Vermont Public Service
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SOUTHERN LOOP PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PROCESS COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP
Kim Jones Principal Engineer Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Rutland
Brian Keefe Community Liaison Office of Senator Jim Jeffords Manchester Center
Rip Kirby Planning Engineer Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Rutland
Lee Krohn Planning Director Town of Manchester Manchester Center
Dean LaForest Manager, Planning Vermont Electric Power Company Rutland
Tad Montgomery Task Force Member Brattleboro Climate Protection Brattleboro
Rachael Pendleton Business Development Specialist Efficiency Vermont Burlington
Jenna Pugliese Permit Planning Manager Stratton Mountain Resort Stratton
Hervey Scudder Director Northeast Center for Social Issues Studies Brattleboro
Lissa Stark Member Bennington Regional Commission Bennington
Eric Stevens Member Windham Regional Commission Grafton
Ellen Viereck Board Member Forest Watch North Bennington
Greg Wordon Member Brattleboro Selectboard Brattleboro
Central Vermont Public Service
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Southern Loop Informational Open Houses -
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SOUTHERN LOOP PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS UTILITY
SEARCH CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Harry Abendroth Marge Fish Lee Krohn Hervey Scudder
Joel Beckwith Rick Foley Dean LaForest Jim Secor
Bruce Bentley Sky Foulkes Rob Macgregor Lissa Stark
Michael Bernhardt Dick Frantz Craig Miskovich Eric Stevens
Debbie Boyle Audrey Garfield Tad Montgomery Sam Swanson
Pat Burke Mark Gilmore Ross Nagy Ellen Viereck
Bill Calfee Andrew Hall Steve Page Peter Webster
John Cueman Blair Hamilton Darlene Palola Greg White
Alan Dann Jamie Jerome Andy Perchlik Jim Wilbur
Mike Drunsic Bob Johnson Jenna Pugliese Jeff Wilson
Kevin Duby Brian Keefe John Sayles Greg Wordon
Frank Ettori Rip Kirby
Central Vermont Public Service