In a ruling issued yesterday, FERC reinstated the license for School Street project issued in February 2007, thereby giving a serious blow to Green Island Power Authority’s (GIPA's) plan to get a license for their proposed 100 MW Cohoes Falls project, just downstream of the current School Street site.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a 2007 FERC license order for the School Street Project and asked FERC to revisit the proceeding.

The additional generation at Raquette River project in New York will now be eligible to receive tax credits under EPAct 2005.

After years of debate on the fate of former hydroelectric dams on the Boardman river in Michigan, it has been decided that three of the four existing dams will be removed.

Through a letter sent last week, the Department of Interior (DOI) has requested FERC for a rehearing of the decision to issue an amended license that allows for operation of hydrokinetic project on the Mississippi river in Hastings, Minnesota.

The twin cities hydropower project located at the Mississippi Lock and Dam No. 1 (P-362) in St. Paul, MN is seeking to be certified as a low-impact project under the Low Impact Hydropower Institute's (LIHI) certification criteria.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has certified additional electricity generation at the Hudson River hydroelectric project as being renewable energy eligible to receive tax credits.

The Boardman River Dams Committee is seeking public input regarding the fate of Brown Bridge, Boardman, Sabin and Union Street dams on the in Grand Traverse county Michigan.

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.