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Proposed Enloe Dam an Economic Loss.

By: Rich Bowers  Tuesday January 24, 2012

Proposed Enloe Dam on Washington's Similkameen River an Economic Loss.  New analysis by Rocky Mountain Econometrics Reveals extreme unprofitability of hydropower project


Federal Order Approved for Removal of Condit Dam on Washington's White Salmon River

By: Rich Bowers  Wednesday December 29, 2010
Project: Condit : P-2342

On December 16, 2010 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission formally ordered the removal of Condit Dam.


Conservation Groups request additional studies at Washington's Enloe Hydroelectric Project

By: Rich Bowers  Monday November 3, 2008

On Halloween, American Rivers, American Whitewater, the Center for Environmental Law and Policy, the North Cascades Conservation Council, and the Columbia River BioRegionalal Education Project requested that FERC require the PUD#1 of Okanogan County to perform additional studies before the application for a new Enloe Dam License (Project No. 12569).  Studies included:

Fish Passage, Historical Range of Anadromous Fish
and Habitat Suitability

Aquatic Resources and Habitat Flow

Aesthetic Flow Evaluation

Recreation Needs Analysis

Value of Generation

 


HRC releases Science Guide

By: Rupak Thapaliya  Wednesday January 9, 2008

The Science Guide entitled Scientific Approaches for Evaluating Hydroelectric Project Effects published by HRC is now available online.


First ILP License Issued for Montana's Mystic Lake Project

By: Rich Bowers  Thursday December 27, 2007

On December 17th, FERC issued its first license for a project using the Integrated Licensing Process (ILP), Mystic Lake on West Rose Bud Creek in Montana. FERC # P-2301.