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CSPA Develops and Supports Changes to Hydropower Licensing

CSPA Develops and Supports Changes to Hydropower Licensing

by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Apr 17, 2022

CSPA has played a strong role over the last 12 months in developing and negotiating a package of proposed reforms to the Federal Power Act.  The package will, if implemented, change a multitude of on-the-ground aspects of how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
Eel River Dams License Expires, Opening Long Road to Dam Removal

Eel River Dams License Expires, Opening Long Road to Dam Removal

by American Whitewater | Apr 14, 2022

Today marks the beginning of the end for two antiquated hydropower dams on the Eel River, one of the largest whitewater river systems in California. The federal license for Pacific Gas and Electric’s Potter Valley Project expires today, and the utility has decided...
Groups Seek to Improve the Hydropower Licensing Process, Restore Authority to Native American Tribes

Groups Seek to Improve the Hydropower Licensing Process, Restore Authority to Native American Tribes

by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Apr 4, 2022

Press Release Proposed package will support river conversation, hydropower development and expand authority for Tribal Nations Contact: LeRoy Coleman, National Hydropower Association, 202-413-4605 Amy Souers Kober, American Rivers, 503-708-1145 Washington, D.C. (April...
FERC Approves Transfer of Klamath Hydropower License (OR/CA)

FERC Approves Transfer of Klamath Hydropower License (OR/CA)

by American Whitewater | Jun 17, 2021

By: Thomas O’Keefe Earlier today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the license transfer for the Lower Klamath Hydroelectric Project and issued the following statement: FERC Approves License Transfer for Lower Klamath Hydro Project The Federal...
CSPA Comments on FERC’s Additional Information Request for Merced Irrigation District’s Hydro Projects

CSPA Comments on FERC’s Additional Information Request for Merced Irrigation District’s Hydro Projects

by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Apr 16, 2021

Crocker Huffman Dam – Merced Fall Hydro Project CSPA and several allied conservation groups[1] filed comments on April 1, 2021 responding to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff’s February 19, 2021 Additional Information Request (AIR) for the Merced...
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