A lecture about river system and locks & dams on Muskingum river will be presented at the Ohio River Museum, on Marietta, OH on April 6, 3:00-4:30 pm.

Under a deal signed between Minnesota Power and Manitoba Power, Minnesota will buy any surplus electricity starting from this year and 250 MW over 15 years from 2020 onwards.

Erie Boulevard hydropower, L.P. has submitted its Pre-Application Document for the Oswegatchie River Hydroelectric Project, the license for which expires in December 31, 2012.

American Rivers seeks proposals for river restoration project grants as part of its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Community-based Restoration Program.

The University of Wisconsin will hold a short course on Succeeding With a Dam Removal Project on November 5-7 in East Lansing, Michigan. Follow the "read more" link below for details.

A condition of a 1992 settlement required Consumers Energy to study retirement of its eleven hydropower dams and publicly report on its findings.

A license amendment for Erie Boulevard's Lower Raquette River project will increase the project's generating capacity by 50% (from 12 to 18 MW) while converting four dams from peaking generation into run-of-the-river mode, speeding up the license's fish protection and downstream fish passage measures by three years (from 2010 to 2007), and adding upstream eel passage at four dams.

FERC issued a license amendment which increased the authorized capacity of the Sturgeon Falls project to 6.4 MW. The licensee requested the amendment after rehabilitating several turbines that were damaged in December, 2005.

FERC is seeking public comments on recreation usage at Mirant's Rio Project on New York's Mongaup River. In particular, the Commission is seeking comments on Mirant's 2004 Recreation Usage Report, which FERC will use to determine if "changes are needed to the whitewater releases at the project."

FERC issued a preliminary permit for a proposed 189MW pumped storage project in Essex County, New York.