Hydro Dam Drama: Public Invited to Yell at River Power Plans
Published Date: 9/9/2025
Notice
Summary
Battenkill Hydro Associates wants to renew licenses for two small hydroelectric projects on the Batten Kill River in Greenwich, New York. If you live nearby or care about the river, you can speak up by November 3, 2025. This process could affect local energy and the environment, so don’t miss your chance to join the conversation!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Speak up by November 3, 2025
If you live near the Batten Kill River in Greenwich, New York, you can file a PROTEST or a MOTION TO INTERVENE with FERC by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on November 3, 2025. Only those who file a motion to intervene can become a formal party in the licensing proceeding; FERC strongly encourages electronic filing through its eFiling system.
Projects currently offline since June 2013
Both the Upper and Middle Greenwich hydroelectric projects have been offline and not operated since June 2013. Battenkill Hydro states it is not proposing any new facilities or changes to the operation of either project as part of the license renewal.
Run-of-river flows and fish passage noted
The notice states the Upper and Middle Greenwich projects operate in run-of-river mode and release a minimum flow of 80 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 20 cfs, respectively, or inflow, whichever is less, and that a 20-cfs attraction flow is conveyed through the fish passage sluice at each project. The applicant is not proposing changes to these flows or fish-passage arrangements.
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