New nonprofit group will help fund hydro

Journal Article · · Public Power; (United States)

OSTI ID:7146591

Holum, K

The Reagan administration is reluctant to continue the federal role in hydroelectric resources at a time when many of the early plants are ready for relicensing. While many of the power drops are under license to private profit-making organizations, some were developed by consumer-owned utilities or by the US as components of multipurpose projects. A nonprofit group which wants to keep public control over water policy will provide supplemental financing to the appropriate federal agency to finance power installations at federal water-related facilities. Those agencies include the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Their plan is to have DOE market the power to keep power marketing within federal control. The author reviews some of the history of public power, and outlines the scope of the group's involvement.

• OSTI ID: 7146591
• Journal Information: Public Power; (United States), Journal Name: Public Power; (United States) Vol. 44:6; ISSN PUPOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
130400* -- Hydro Energy-- Legislation & Regulations
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
CONTRACTS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FINANCING
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
OWNERSHIP
POWER
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESOURCES
WATER POLICY
WATER RESOURCES