NY Power Authority Renews Mohawk River Hydro License—60 Days to Comment
Published Date: 3/19/2025
Notice
Summary
The New York Power Authority wants to renew its license to run the Vischer Ferry Hydroelectric Project on the Mohawk River. This means local communities, environmental groups, and energy users can share their thoughts or concerns within 60 days. The decision could affect river health, energy production, and possibly future costs or benefits for the area.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Public comment and intervention window
Local communities, environmental groups, and energy users may file motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, and preliminary fishway prescriptions within 60 days of the notice (comments due May 12, 2025). Reply comments are due 105 days from the notice (reply due June 25, 2025).
No changes proposed to operations
The applicant (NYPA) states it is not proposing any new project facilities or changes to existing facilities or the operation of the Vischer Ferry Project in this license application. That means current operations would continue under the application as filed.
Project flow, fish passage, and generation facts
The Vischer Ferry Project operates run-of-river with a year-round minimum flow of 200 cubic feet per second (cfs), a seasonal fish passage flow of 250 cfs during the navigation season (typically mid-May through mid-October), seasonal acoustic deterrent use May through October, and average annual generation of 56,323 megawatt-hours (MWh).
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