Case studies of the legal and institutional obstacles and incentives to the development of small-scale hydroelectric power. Executive summary
This Executive Summary presents observations, conclusions, and recommendations developed from the completion of five (5) case studies of hydroelectric sites at High Falls, Georgia; Traverse City, Michigan; Swanville Lake, Maine; Cornell, Wisconsin; and Maxwell Locks, Pennsylvania. The work was accomplished by the Energy Law Institute of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, for the National Conference of State Legislatures. The material contained here is, in part, a summary of the five separate reports on the legal and institutional barriers and incentives bearing on the development of each site. It is also a summary of the cumulative impressions of the actual general legal and institutional climate for small-scale hydroelectric development represented by the issues confronting each site. This document provides a general analysis and overview of the significant problems and opportunities for the development of hydroelectric facilities identified in the five full reports. A second Executive Summary is presented on the findings of two case studies of small-scale hydroelectric power at existing dams. The projects reviewed are: six sites in the irrigation system known as the Columbia Basin Project and two sites in the Bull Run watershed which supplies water to the City of Portland, Oregon. Key incentives and impediments are identified in these case studies conducted at the University of Washington.
- Research Organization:
- Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Social Management of Technology Program; National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO (USA); Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-78RA23220; AS02-78RA04934
- OSTI ID:
- 5195121
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RA/23220-01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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