To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
Sponsored By: Representative Hageman
Passed House
Summary
Planning framework to assess Glen Canyon Dam decision impacts. This bill would require the Interior and Energy Departments, acting through Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration, to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group and use existing hydropower contract information to build a plan. The plan must address how the July 2024 Supplemental Record of Decision affects the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, hydropower production and replacement costs, grid reliability, and listed species under the Endangered Species Act.
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- Water managers and the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund would get a plan to address effects on routine operations, maintenance, and replacement of critical infrastructure.
- Utilities and grid operators would get analysis of lost hydropower, potential costs to replace generation, and risks to grid reliability.
- Conservation stakeholders would get identified impacts on species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
APA rights would stay in place
If enacted, the bill would not override the Administrative Procedure Act. People and groups would keep rights like notice, public comment, and review of agency actions. This protection would begin upon enactment.
Plan for Glen Canyon power and fund
If enacted, Interior and Energy would have to sign an agreement as soon as practicable after enactment. They would consult the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group. Using data from current hydropower contracts, they would make a plan to address the July 2024 decision’s impacts on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The plan would cover operations, maintenance, and replacing key infrastructure; changes in Glen Canyon Dam power output, costs to buy replacement power, and grid reliability; and effects on threatened or endangered species. This would not add new funding; it sets a planning process.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Hageman
WY • R
Cosponsors
Maloy
UT • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
UT • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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