Legal obstacles and incentives to the development of small-scale hydroelectric power in Rhode Island

• Main Author: None
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; LOW-HEAD HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; LEGAL ASPECTS; REGULATIONS; RHODE ISLAND; CONSTRUCTION; DAMS; EMINENT DOMAIN; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; GRANTS; LEGAL INCENTIVES; LICENSING; OWNERSHIP; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER RIGHTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; POWER PLANTS; RESOURCES; USA; Low Head; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5232958; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5232958; https://doi.org/10.2172/5232958

The legal and institutional obstacles to the development of small-scale hydroelectric energy at the state level are discussed. The Federal government also exercises extensive regulatory authority in the area, and the dual regulatory system from the standpoint of the appropriate legal doctrine, the l...