Hydropower partner Chuck Sensiba is published in the April 2018 edition of The Environmental Law Reporter for a byline he coauthored titled, “Deep Decarbonization and Hydropower.” The article is excerpted from a soon-to-be-published book, Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, by Michael B. Gerrard & John C. Dernbach.
In his article, Sensiba writes about hydropower’s role in reducing the United States’ dependence on carbon and examines challenges that can be addressed through specific legal and policy reforms. He writes, “Realizing the full potential of hydropower and maintaining the current hydropower fleet will likely depend on overcoming a number of impediments, including lengthy and complex regulatory requirements, failure of electricity markets to adequately compensate hydropower generators for the grid benefits they provide, environmental opposition to new hydropower, and interest in dam removal.” Read the full article here.