Tom Cusano

I own and operate the small hydroelectric at Spaulding Ave Industrial Complex in Rochester, NH. The small 300kw capacity hydro generates about 4 megawatts a day or 1,500megawatts per year, and we use all of it to power our factory building. It would take 1.2 megawatts solar PV array to replace the hydroelectric production. That would cost over $1 million dollars to install and could not provide power 24 hours a day like the hydro can. Without the REC.s income there is no way we can meet all the maintenance and repairs and safety requirements that are required by FERC and still have it make economic sense. Reducing or eliminating the REC.s is verry likely to doom the operation of this hydro after 125 years.