Vermont hydro relicensing kicks off with public scoping call
Published Date: 10/2/2026
Notice
Summary
Green Mountain Power is starting the process to renew the license for their Middlebury Lower Hydroelectric Project on Otter Creek, Vermont. This means they’re asking for public and agency input on environmental and historic concerns before filing the full application. If you live nearby or care about clean energy, now’s the time to share your thoughts—this could shape the project’s future and how it impacts the community and environment.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
You can file comments and study requests
You may submit written comments, study requests, or requests for cooperating agency status about the Middlebury Lower Hydroelectric Project (Docket P-2737-029). All such filings must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 30, 2026, and must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page.
Public scoping sessions and site visit on Oct 27, 2026
FERC staff will hold two scoping sessions for this project on Tuesday, October 27, 2026: a morning session from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (for resource agencies, Tribes, and NGOs) and an evening session from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (for the public), both at Green Mountain Power Corporation, 121 Cady Rd., Middlebury, VT 05753. A project site visit is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.; participants should meet at 19 Water St, Weybridge, VT 05753 and contact John Tedesco by October 23, 2026 if they plan to attend.
Pre-Application Document (PAD) and eFiling access
Green Mountain Power filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD) on July 31, 2026; the PAD is available on FERC's website via eLibrary using docket number P-2737 (exclude the last three sub-docket digits). The Commission encourages electronic filing through its eFiling system and allows brief eComments up to 10,000 characters via the eComment system.
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