Second Hydro License Renewal Seeks Community Feedback
Published Date: 6/6/2025
Notice
Summary
BIF III Holtwood, LLC is starting the process to renew the license for the Holtwood Hydroelectric Project on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. They’ve filed important documents and are asking the public and agencies to share their thoughts and suggest studies. This kicks off a review that could affect local communities, the environment, and energy production over the next few years.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Start of Holtwood license renewal review
The license renewal review for the Holtwood Hydroelectric Project on the Susquehanna River in Lancaster and York counties, Pennsylvania has begun. The review process could affect local communities, the environment, and energy production in the project area over the next few years.
Deadline to submit comments and study requests
If you want to comment on the Pre-Application Document (PAD) or Scoping Document 1 (SD1), or submit study requests or requests for cooperating agency status, you must file them with FERC by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on July 31, 2025. Filings can be made electronically via FERC's eFiling or eComment systems, or by paper mail to the addresses listed in the notice.
Environmental site review attendance rules
An environmental site review of the Holtwood Project is scheduled for June 26, 2025 (9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT) and you must RSVP by June 20, 2025. Persons attending must be 18 years or older, wear sturdy closed-toe shoes or boots, will not be allowed to wear open-toed footwear, cannot take photographs inside the powerhouse, and no weapons, alcohol/drugs, or animals (except service animals) are allowed on-site.
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