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Hydropower
83 published works
Washington Energy Report
DOE Announces $13.5M Distribution to Hydroelectric Facilities Through the Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program
By Sahara Shrestha, Elizabeth McCormick, Chuck Sensiba
On September 9, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would distribute $13.5 million to incentivize hydroelectric generation in the United States. The financial support is part of…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Hydro-Québec to acquire New England’s largest conventional hydropower generator
Other deals this week include CGI, Finland-based bank strategic partnership
Environmental and Climate
Court Holds CEQA Is Not Preempted in Federal Hydroelectric Relicensing Proceeding
By Tiffanie Ellis, Brian T. Cragg
In County of Butte v. Dep’t of Wat. Resources (2022) 13 Cal.5th 612, issued on August 1, 2022, the California Supreme Court carved out a role for the California…
Washington Energy Report
Department of Energy Issues Request for Information on Hydropower Funding Provisions
As we previously reported, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which President Biden signed into law on November 15, 2021, included over…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Equity Action Plan and Hydropower Licensing
By Chuck Sensiba, Morgan Gerard
On April 15, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Equity Action Plan (EAP) that introduces a two-year overhaul to review its policies to better promote equity and…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
EPA’s Clean Water Act Certification Proposal to Significantly Impact Hydropower Licensing
By Chuck Sensiba, Andrea Wortzel, Anna Wildeman, Morgan Gerard
This article was republished in Pratt's Energy Law Report (Vol. 22-10, November-December 2022). On June 1, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication version of its proposal to re-write…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Hydropower Industry Teams With Tribes, Conservation Organizations to Develop Legislative Package for Licensing Reform
By Elizabeth McCormick, Chuck Sensiba
On April 3, representatives of the hydropower industry, Native American tribes, and conservation organizations provided a package of proposed legislative reforms to the Federal Power Act (FPA) to the ranking…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Army Corps Finalizes Modified and New Nationwide Permits, Including for Certain Hydropower Projects
On December 27, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a final rule reissuing 40 existing Nationwide Permits (NWPs) with modifications and issuing a new NWP for water…
Washington Energy Report
Department of Energy Issues Report on Hydropower Permitting
By Elizabeth McCormick, Chuck Sensiba
On October 21, the Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) issued An Examination of the Hydropower Licensing and Federal Authorization Process, in which it examined the various…
Energy and Utilities
Proposed Legislation to Impact Hydropower
On May 26, the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance legislation that would amend certain energy tax provisions in an effort to combat climate change, curtail greenhouse gas emissions, and create jobs.…