This comment analyzes the Federal Power Act in light of FERC's calimed authoity under the Policy Statement, and argues that FERC possesses the authority to deny a license or to impose uneconomic conditions in fulfilling its statutory duty to protect the public interest.

This comment examines whether FERC's policy statement on dam decommissiong at relicensing violates the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution by "taking" private property for a public good without just compensation.