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The Federal Power Act's Controversial Municipal Preference: The Merwin Dam Dispute And Legislative Proposals To Amend Federal Hydro-Licensing Procedures, Daniel H. Cole
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For more than a half-century, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) and its predecessor, the Federal Power Commission (FPC), regulated hydroelectric development of the nation's rivers under the Federal Power Act (FPA) with little interference by Congress.' However, increasing criticism of the FERC has reawakened congressional interest in hydropower regulation.2 Congress recently considered a number of proposals to amend the FPA.8 Of these, seven related directly to a controversy born in the 1970s between public and private power:4 the issue of preference in competitive FERC relicensing proceedings.
Section 7(a) of the Federal Power Act directs the FERC to …
Institutionalizing The Energy Crisis: Some Structural And Procedural Lessons, Alfred C. Aman
Institutionalizing The Energy Crisis: Some Structural And Procedural Lessons, Alfred C. Aman
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