(1) General Requirements. The following requirements shall apply to an Application for an EFSB Consolidated Permit submitted to the Board, unless otherwise stated. The Applicant shall file the following information with its Application:

1. (a) Application Summary Form. The Applicant shall submit a completed Application summary form. The Application summary form shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance.
2. (b) Description of the CEIF Project, Site, and Surrounding Area. The Applicant shall describe the CEIF Project, site, and surrounding area with relevant maps, figures, drawings, or other attachments. The description shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. The Applicant may include visual media illustrating the CEIF Project, site, and surrounding area with an Application. Visual media, if provided, shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance.
3. (c) Accessibility of Project Information. The Applicant shall describe how the public can access CEIF Project information, how CEIF Project materials are consistent with the Board’s Language Access Plan, and provisions for meeting additional locality specific accessibility needs. Accessibility for CEIF Project information shall meet the Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance.

4. (d) Consultation and Community Engagement.

   1. 1. Pre-filing Consultation and Engagement. The Applicant shall demonstrate compliance with 980 CMR 16.00: Pre-filing Consultation and Engagement Requirements, by describing all pre-filing consultation and community engagement for the CEIF Project. Pre-filing Consultation and Engagement shall comply with requirements in 980 CMR 16.00 and meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance. 980 CMR 13.03(1)(d)1. shall not apply to M.G.L. c. 164, § 69V Applications for a Consolidated State Permit for SCEGF or SCESF if the Applicant also seeks a Consolidated Local Permit from Local Government.
   2. 2. Waiver. If the Applicant has not complied with Pre-filing Consultation and Engagement requirements in 980 CMR 16.00: Pre-filing Consultation and Engagement Requirements, the Applicant may request a waiver of applicable Pre-filing Consultation and Engagement Requirements. The Applicant shall attach the Division of Public Participation decision rendered in the 980 CMR 16.03(1): Waiver of Pre-filing Rules with its Application.
   3. 3. Continuing Consultation and Engagement. The Applicant shall describe each commitment for continuing consultation and community engagement during Construction and after the CEIF Project is operational.
5. (e) Benefits of the CEIF Project. The Applicant shall describe the benefits of the CEIF Project, including, but not limited to, energy benefits, environmental benefits, local benefits, and other benefits. The Applicant may include efforts to enhance benefits, such as shared use, recreational paths, or access to nature. Benefits of the CEIF Project shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR 13.00: EFSB Consolidated Permit Application Guidance.
6. (f) Climate Change Impacts. The Applicant shall describe consideration of reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts of the CEIF Project including, but not limited to, greenhouse gas emissions, climate resilience, predicted sea level rise, flooding, and other climate change impacts. See M.G.L. c. 164, § 69H.
7. (g) Cumulative Impact Analysis (CIA) and Site Suitability Reports. The Applicant shall provide CIA and Site Suitability Reports, as specified in 980 CMR 15.00: Cumulative Impact Analysis and Standards for Applying Site Suitability Criteria, and as further specified in 980 CMR 13.00.

8. (h) Environmental Impacts. The Applicant shall describe environmental impacts of the CEIF Project. The Applicant shall describe the environmental burdens and a description of efforts to avoid, minimize, and mitigate each burden. The Applicant shall describe, at least, the following environmental impacts resulting from the CEIF Project:

   1. 1. land-based resources, including land use and land resources;
   2. 2. rare species;
   3. 3. historical and archeological resources;
   4. 4. water resources and aquatic ecology;
   5. 5. transportation;
   6. 6. air quality;
   7. 7. climate mitigation and resiliency;
   8. 8. public health, safety, and security;
   9. 9. solid waste and hazardous materials;
   10. 10. radiation, including magnetic fields;
   11. 11. noise and vibration; and
   12. 12. visual. The description of environmental impacts shall meet Board specifications in 980 CMR

13.00: 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.

1. (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.
2. (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.
3. (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.

4. (d) Route and Site Selection. The Applicant shall describe other routes or site locations. The Applicant shall demonstrate:

   1. 1. the Applicant has considered a reasonable range of practical siting alternatives;
   2. 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. 3. the Criteria-specific Suitability Scores for the Applicant's proposed LCTDIF and SCTDIF, if applicable; and
   4. 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.
5. (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.

c. 164, §§ 69T, 69V Applications for LCEGF, LCESF, SCEGF, and SCESF.

1. (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.
2. (b) The Applicant shall: provide the Criteria-specific Suitability Scores for the Applicant's proposed LCEGF, LCESF, SCEGF, or SCESF.