by California Trout | Feb 23, 2025
After more than a century of impoundment, California’s third-largest river is on the path to running free once again. The Eel River, which once supported some of the West Coast’s most abundant salmon runs, is entering a new era of restoration and renewal...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Nov 19, 2024
Enacted in 1978 to encourage greater use of domestic and renewable energy sources, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) allows the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to exempt certain small hydroelectric projects from its licensing requirements...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Aug 30, 2024
A river basin once split in half for more than a century will be reconnected this fall with the completion of the nation’s largest dam removal and river restoration project. Over the past two years, four dams were removed from the Klamath River: J.C. Boyle in southern...
by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Aug 12, 2024
On May 10, 2024, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) reported that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) had denied an application for the transfer of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) hydropower assets to a subsidiary, Pacific...
by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Jul 17, 2024
On May 7, 2024, CSPA and its allies intervened in the ongoing case of Nevada Irrigation District (NID) versus the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, NID is challenging the authority of...
