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S 1583 114th Congress Senate Energy Alaska Alternative and renewable resources Dams and canals Electric power generation and transmission Lakes and rivers Licensing and registrations Water use and supply

A bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project.

Introduced: June 16, 2015 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Dec 16, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
Dec 16, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-185.
Nov 19, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Oct 8, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-381.
Jun 16, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4204-4205)
Jun 16, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] project number 2743) to occupy up to 20 acres of federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization of the Department of the Interior or under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

This is the expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project described in the Upper Hidden Basin Grant Application dated July 2, 2014, as submitted by Kodiak Electric Association, Inc., to the Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII.

The Expansion must meet the terms and conditions contained in any amendment to a license which may be issued by FERC subsequent to its environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

What's happening now December 16, 2015

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.

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