Legal obstacles and incentives to the development of small scale hydroelectric power in Vermont

• Main Author: None
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; LOW-HEAD HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LEGAL ASPECTS; REGULATIONS; VERMONT; EMINENT DOMAIN; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; LAND USE; PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT; STATE GOVERNMENT; WATER RIGHTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LAWS; NATIONAL ENERGY ACT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; POWER PLANTS; USA; Low Head; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5287674; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5287674; https://doi.org/10.2172/5287674

The legal and institutional obstacles to the development of small-scale hydroelectric energy at the state level in Vermont are discussed. The dual regulatory system involving state and Federal governments is discussed followed by discussions on property interests; direct regulation by the Public Ser...