In an order issued on December 22, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the license surrender requested by City of Spartanburg, SC for its Clifton Mills No. 1 Hydroelectric Project located on the Pacolet River in Spartanburg County.

In a final environmental Impact statement (FEIS) released on August 16, staff at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have supported PG&E’s proposal to decommission the Kilarc-Cow project in Shasta County, California.

FERC Staff have prepared and issued a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed surrender of the Kilarc-Cow Creek project (P-606) by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Coalition members American Whitewater, Selkirk Conservation Alliance, and The Lands Council have signed two settlement agreements that call for continued operation of Boundary Dam on the Pend Oreille River, enhanced operation of Sullivan Dam on the natural Sullivan Lake, and the removal of Mill Pond Dam on Sullivan Creek.

The City of Orrville, OH, has surrendered its license for the Pike Island hydropower project before FERC.

FERC is holding two scoping meetings to get public input regarding Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) proposal to surrender the license for the Kilarc-Cow project and remove the diversion dam.

With the start of dam breaching, this week marked an end to the long controversy in removal of Fort Halifax dam

A FERC rehearing on the Sullivan Creek Project concluded that the current license for this project is still valid and the PUD will be required to apply for surrender of license for decommissioning.

American Whitewater/Washington State Agencies file petitions for rehearing of an August decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finding that the licensee for the Sullivan Creek Project has no need to relicense the project.

The 1.5-megawatt Fort Halifax Project on the Sebasticook River in Maine remains to be partially removed despite an effort by local interest groups to appeal the decision.