Power Development at Non-Powered Dams
Chuck Sensiba and Elizabeth McCormick were published in The Water Report for an article titled, “Power Development at Non-Powered Dams.” After discussing the emergence of environmental policy and programs that have created new challenges and opportunities for hydropower, they conclude, “The challenges to hydropower licensing are substantial and therefore require a substantial resolution that only Congress can provide. Such a resolution will help modernize the hydropower licensing process, to maintain grid reliability and integrate renewables and move away from fossil fuels, both of which are critically important in order to address the ongoing threat of climate change. While the recent legislative and executive developments described above move regulators and the industry incrementally in the right direction, advocates of hydropower and other sources of renewable energy should continue to advocate for broader and more substantial improvements, which are likely to have a more far-reaching effect.”