by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Apr 20, 2020
Hydropower Reform Coalition members California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, South Yuba River Citizens League, Americna Rivers, American Whitewater, Friends of the River, California Outdoors, Trout Unlimited, and Northern California Council of Fly-Fishers, in partnership with allies in the Foothills Water Network, have filed a Response in Opposition to Yuba Water Agency’s Request for Waiver of water quality certification for the Yuba River Development Project.
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Mar 26, 2020
The Hydropower Reform Coalition submitted comments on March 10, 2020 in opposition to proposed changes to the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Coalition’s comments state that the proposed new NEPA rule would make analysis worse and...
by American Whitewater | Dec 18, 2019
During the ongoing dam relicensing process for the Weber Hydroelectric Project, stakeholders reached an agreement for the provision of four annual pulse flow releases to support whitewater paddling. Stakeholders agreed that American Whitewater would propose a safe and...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Nov 12, 2019
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently ruled that California does not need to provide water quality certification for the Middle Fork American Hydroelectric Project (Middle Fork Project) in Placer and El Dorado counties, operated by Placer County...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Oct 28, 2019
The Hydropower Reform Coalition (HRC) has submitted extensive comments in opposition to the Trump Administration’s attack on Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Trump’s Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new Proposed Rule on August...
by Foothill Conservancy | Sep 17, 2018
Courtesy photo: GreenGen Storage Some years ago, PG&E was studying a pumped-storage hydroelectric project on the Mokelumne River. The power project would have used Upper Bear River Reservoir, Lower Bear River Reservoir, or a new reservoir on Cole Creek as its...
