Promoting Generation Upgrades at Existing Hydro Facilities
MCLI Recommendation: “Congress could direct FERC, when approving a project upgrade or efficiency improvement, to extend license terms beyond 50 years to allow the project owner sufficient time to recoup the cost of investment.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should reform FERC’s license amendment process by implementing a fast-track procedure for efficiency upgrades, modernization activities, and upgrades that are not anticipated to produce significant environmental effects.”
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2017’s Proposed HR 3043
2017’s proposed HR 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act, would have directed FERC to consider the significant investment of project upgrades and improvements when establishing the new license...
Proposed HR 8 of 2015
Proposed HR 8 of 2015, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, would have (among other things) authorized FERC to extend license terms beyond 50 years when approving a project upgra...
American Water Infrastructure Act
The American Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 created a fast-track procedure for the licensing of efficiency upgrades at hydropower facilities, as well as modernization activities and upgrades that ar...
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