Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Overview
The Commission regulates non-federal hydroelectric power projects, issuing preliminary permits to study a potential hydropower site, processing hydropower license applications and projecting exemptions from licensing, and ensuring dam safety.
Hydrokinetic Projects
Many hydrokinetic technologies are currently in the experimental or A hydrokinetic project is a project that generates electricity from waves or directly from the flow of water in ocean currents, tides, or inland waterways without the use of a dam or reservoir.
Conventional & Storage Projects
Most conventional hydropower projects consist of: a dam to redirect or impoundand redirect a source of water; a turbine to harness the potential energy of theimpounded water contained in the reservoir; a generator connected to a turbine; and a transmission line to get the power to the market.
Licenses & Permits
Preliminary permits maintain a permittee’s priority to file a license application while it gathers data and studies the feasibility of developing a proposed project at a particular site. An original hydropower license authorizes the construction and operation of a project for a term of up to 50 years.
Environment & Safety
In order to get a license, the companies must prove that they are going to take the environmental impact of their project into consideration.
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