FERC has approved a license amendment for the Lake Dorothy project. The amendment authorizes the licensee to excavate a "starter tunnel" during construction that could later be used to further expand the project.

FERC is soliciting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions on the relicense application for the Blue Lake project on Alaska's Sawmill creek. Comments are due on February 6, 2006.

FERC issued a preliminary permit for a proposed 330MW project on the Chakachamna River in Alaska.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a surprise on Wednesday when it granted Gustavus Electric Company a license to construct a hydropower project in Glacier Bay National Park.

The project is authorized by a law sponsored by then-Senator now-Governor Frank Murkowski. The law allows for a land exchange between state and federal lands upon joint review and approval from FERC and the National Park Service.