FERC Hydropower Licensing & Recreation Flows
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-08-27 — Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act: cross-connection with hydropower-expansion: Expansion legislation intersects with FERC’s existing hydropower licensing framework, which governs project approvals and operational conditions like recreation flows. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-24 — American Whitewater v. FERC: D.C. Circuit decided American Whitewater v. FERC on July 24, 2026; opinion abstract discloses only case caption and date, so it registers as incremental confirmation of existing FERC hydropower review doctrine without stated holding. (novelty: 2)