EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance.

(i) CEIF Project Reliability. The Applicant shall provide an analysis of the reliability benefits of the CEIF Project which shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. (j) Policies of the Commonwealth. The Applicant shall summarize relevant energy, environmental, land use, labor, economic justice, environmental justice and equity, and public health and safety policies of the Commonwealth, its subdivisions and its municipalities that apply to the CEIF Project. The Applicant shall demonstrate how the CEIF Project complies with each applicable policy as specified by the Board in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. (k) Decommissioning and Site Restoration Plan. The Applicant shall file a decommissioning and site restoration plan as described in 980 CMR 1.10: Decommissioning and Site Restoration Plan. The Applicant shall indicate if the CEIF Project does not require decommissioning or site restoration and include an explanation. (2) LCTDIF and SCTDIF Requirements. The following shall apply only to M.G.L. c. 164 §§ 69T, 69U Applications for LCTDIF and SCTDIF. (a) LCTDIF and SCTDIF Need. The Applicant shall provide analysis demonstrating the need for an LCTDIF and SCTDIF, in Massachusetts and outside Massachusetts, if applicable. The Applicant shall provide analysis based on reliability considerations, load projections, state policy, a combination of these, or another reason with explanation. LCTDIF and SCTDIF need shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. (b) System Benefits. The Applicant shall describe how the LCTDIF and SCTDIF will increase the capacity of the system to interconnect large electricity customers, electric vehicle supply equipment, clean energy generation, clean energy storage, or other clean energy generation sources that qualify under 310 CMR 7.75: Clean Energy Standard, or facilitate the electrification of the building and transportation sectors. (c) LCTDIF and SCTDIF Project Alternatives. The Applicant shall describe alternative methods of transmitting or storing energy; describe LCTDIF and SCTDIF alternatives evaluated to avoid or minimize or, if impacts cannot be avoided or minimized, mitigate impacts; other sources of electrical power; or a reduction of requirements through energy efficiency or load management. The Applicant shall describe consideration or implementation of advanced conductors, advanced transmission technologies, grid enhancement technologies, non-wire alternatives, and other alternatives to avoid, minimize, or mitigate expenditures. LCTDIF and SCTDIF alternatives shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. (d) Route and Site Selection. The Applicant shall describe other routes or site locations. The Applicant shall demonstrate: 1. the Applicant has considered a reasonable range of practical siting alternatives; 2. the Applicant’s proposed LCTDIF and SCTDIF would be sited in locations that avoid or minimize or, if impacts cannot be avoided or minimized, mitigate environmental impacts and negative health impacts, to the extent practicable, while ensuring a reliable, resilient, and clean supply of energy consistent with the Commonwealth’s climate change and greenhouse gas reduction policies and requirements; 3. the Criteria-specific Suitability Scores for the Applicant's proposed LCTDIF and SCTDIF, if applicable; and 4. that the proposed LCTDIF and SCTDIF will be constructed in a manner that avoids or minimizes costs. Route and site selection description shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. (e) LCTDIF and SCTDIF Cost. The Applicant shall provide an analysis of cost estimates associated with the LCTDIF or SCTDIF, including net present value of an LCTDIF or SCTDIF cost and impacts on ratepayers, as applicable. LCTDIF or SCTDIF costs shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. (3) LCEGF, LCESF, SCEGF, and SCESF Requirements. The following shall apply to M.G.L. c. 164, §§ 69T, 69V Applications for LCEGF, LCESF, SCEGF, and SCESF. (a) Site Selection and Site Alternatives. The Applicant shall describe the LCEGF, LCESF, SCEGF, or SCESF site selection process and any alternative sites considered in choosing the proposed location of the LCEGF, LCESF, SCEGF, or SCESF. The Applicant shall describe how this site selection process avoids or minimizes or, if impacts cannot be avoided or minimized, mitigates impacts of the CEIF Project. (b) The Applicant shall: provide the Criteria-specific Suitability Scores for the Applicant's proposed LCEGF, LCESF, SCEGF, or SCESF.