S. 1030 · 115th Congress
A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Angus King
- Introduced
- 2017-05-03
- Latest action
- 2018-07-31 · By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-310.
Summary
This bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)to submit to Congress a report on hydropower projects that:
identifies each project licensed by FERC that is located at a nonpowered site that serves as storage to support downstream power generation; analyzes the value of electric power generation associated with each of these projects; describes the range of options that exist under current law with respect to surrender or transfer of a FERC license for these projects; identifies any barriers to the surrender or transfer of a FERC license for these projects; and identifies the costs incurred by project owners resulting from the requirements imposed by a FERC license, including applicable costs broken down by category.