December 2008 Ice Storm Final Reports
All final reports and comments related to the 2008 winter ice storm event. These reports include the Public Utilities Commission’s After-Action Report, NEI Electric Power Engineering’s final report and utilities comments on the NEI report.
- PUC Ice Storm After Action Report (12/3/09)
NEI Report
- Final NEI Report (complete) (10/28/09)
Final NEI Report by section
- Cover
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Storm Restoration Performance
- Chapter 3 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness
- Chapter 4 - System Planning, Design, Construction and Protection
- Chapter 5 - Operations, Maintenance and Vegetation Management
- Chapter 6 - Post Ice Storm Actions and Processes
- Chapter 7 - Best Practices for Electric Utilities
- Chapter 8 - Telecommunications Companies
- Chapter 9 - Recommendations, Priorities, and Cost Estimates
- Appendix A - List of Terms
- Appendix B - Overhead to Underground Conversion
- Appendix C - New Hampshire Revised Statutes Pertaining to Vegetation
- Appendix D - CRREL Report
- Appendix E - System Protection
- Appendix F - Overhead Line Construction
- Appendix G - Outage Management Systems
- Appendix H - New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Request for Proposal
Utility Comments on NEI Report
National Grid
- National Grid - Comments on Draft NEI Report (10/19/09)
- National Grid - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Factual Errors (10/16/09)
- National Grid - Comments on Final NEI Report (11-3/09)
- National Grid - System Critique Report - Dec. 11-12, 2008 Ice Event (2/11/09)
NH Electric Coop
- NHEC - Cover Letter (10/16/09)
- NHEC - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Recommendations (10/12/09)
- NHEC - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Factual Inaccuracies (10/16/09)
- NHEC - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Evaluation Matrix (10/16/09)
- NHEC - Comments on NEI Final Report (11/04/09)
- NHEC - Lessons Learned (11/05/09)
PSNH
- PSNH - Cover Letter (10/16/09)
- PSNH - Comments on Draft NEI Report
- PSNH - Comments on Final NEI Report (11/6/09)
Unitil
- Unitil - Cover Letter (10/15/09)
- Unitil - Comments on Draft NEI Report 10/15/09
- Unitil - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Recommendations (10/15/09)
- Unitil - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Evaluation Matrix (10/15/09)
- Unitil - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Attachment 1 - Restoration Strategy
- Unitil - Comments on Draft NEI Report - Attachment 2 - Ice Loading
- Unitil - Self-Assessment Status Report
- Unitil - Revised Emergency Response Plan - Part 1 of 2 (redacted)
- Unitil - Revised Emergency Response Plan - Part 2 of 2 (redacted)