[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[S. 1030 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 535
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1030

   To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to 
           Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 2017

  Mr. King (for himself and Mr. Flake) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                             July 30, 2018

              Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to 
           Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. FERC REPORT ON CERTAIN HYDROPOWER 
              PROJECTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this 
section as the ``FERC'') shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) identifies each hydropower project licensed by 
        the FERC that is located at a nonpowered site that serves as 
        storage to support downstream power generation (referred to in 
        this section as a ``project'');</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) analyzes the value of electric power 
        generation associated with each project, relative to the value 
        of nonpower generation functions associated with the same 
        project, including recreation and environmental 
        functions;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) describes the range of options that exist 
        under current law with respect to surrender or transfer of a 
        FERC license for a project, including a representative range of 
        actual measures required by the FERC of project owners that 
        have surrendered or transferred a FERC license;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) identifies any barriers to the surrender or 
        transfer of a FERC license for a project; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) identifies the costs incurred by project 
        owners resulting from the requirements imposed by a FERC 
        license, including applicable costs broken down by categories 
        relating to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the environment, including fish and 
                wildlife measures;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) human safety;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) electric reliability;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) recreation;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) cultural resources;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) flood control;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) navigation;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) irrigation; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (I) any other relevant category, as 
                determined by the FERC.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. FERC REPORT ON CERTAIN HYDROPOWER PROJECTS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section 
as the ``FERC'') shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives a report that--
            (1) identifies each hydropower project licensed by the FERC 
        (referred to in this section as an ``identified project'') that 
        is--
                    (A) located at a nonpowered site that serves as 
                storage to support downstream power generation; and
                    (B) not part of a generation project licensed by 
                FERC;
            (2) analyzes the financial value of electric power 
        generation associated with each identified project, relative to 
        the best available estimates of the financial value of nonpower 
        generation functions associated with the identified project, 
        including recreation and environmental functions;
            (3) describes the range of options available under existing 
        law with respect to the surrender or transfer of a FERC license 
        for an identified project, including a representative range of 
        actual measures required by the FERC of identified project 
        owners that have surrendered or transferred a FERC license;
            (4) identifies any general or readily identifiable project-
        specific barriers to the surrender or transfer of a FERC 
        license for an identified project; and
            (5) to the extent the information is available, identifies 
        the financial costs incurred by identified project owners 
        resulting from the requirements imposed by a FERC license or 
        other FERC requirements, including applicable costs broken down 
        by categories relating to--
                    (A) the environment, including fish and wildlife 
                measures;
                    (B) human safety;
                    (C) electric reliability;
                    (D) recreation;
                    (E) cultural resources;
                    (F) flood control; and
                    (G) any other relevant category, as determined by 
                the FERC.
                                                       Calendar No. 535

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1030

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                                 A BILL

   To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to 
           Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.

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                             July 30, 2018

                       Reported with an amendment