AquaEnergy Group [1] filed a license application [2] with FERC for its proposed Makah Bay tidal hydrokinetic project (P-12751 [3]). While FERC has already issued several preliminary permits for tidal hydrokinetic projects [4], this will be the first licensing of a tidal project. The applicant will use FERC's Alternative Licensing Process [5].

Makah Bay is a proposed 1MW pilot project, using four "wave energy conversion buoys." It will be between 3-4 miles offshore in Makah Bay, Washington. Parts of the project will intersect the Makah Indian Reservation [6], the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary [7], and the Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge [8].