The House energy bill making its way through Congress would unfairly give electric utilities the last word in negotiations over the future of the rivers they have dammed to generate hydroelectric power, conservationists testified to the House Energy and Commerce Committee today.

On Monday, May 8th, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss the hydroelectric provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

On June 12, House Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing to discuss the future of hydropower.