Federal fisheries and land management agencies have too much power to
delay and dictate conditions for re-licensing hydropower projects,
Northwest and other utilities have told congressional committees.
House and Senate bills to streamline the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s re-licensing process were supported by Portland-based
PacifiCorp, American Public Power Association, and others at a hearing
on March 30 by the House Energy and Power Subcommittee. But the
legislation was …
