Case studies of the legal and institutional obstacles and incentives to the development of small-scale hydroelectric power. Executive summary

• Main Authors: Schwartz, Larry, Wilson, William
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Social Management of Technology Program 1979
• Subjects: Power; Wisconsin; Michigan; Site Selection; Oregon; Southeast Region; Electric Power; Power Plants; Hydroelectric Power Plants; Pennsylvania; Institutional Factors; Georgia; North Atlantic Region; Hydroelectric Power; Legal Aspects; Maine; 20 Fossil-Fueled Power Plants; 296001 > Energy Planning & Policy > Electric Power Generation > (-1989); Great Lakes Region; 293000 > Energy Planning & Policy > Policy; Legislation; & Regulation; Renewable Energy Sources; Columbia River Basin; Feasibility Studies; Energy Source Development; Washington; Central Region; Financial Incentives; Energy Sources; Usa 200203* > Fossil-Fueled Power Plants > Waste Management > Site Selection & Land Use; 29 Energy Planning; Policy And Economy; North America; Low-Head Hydroelectric Power Plants; Pacific Northwest Region; High Falls; Low Head; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/5195121; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1052514/

This Executive Summary presents observations, conclusions, and recommendations developed from the completion of five (5) case studies of hydroelectric sites at High Falls, Georgia; Traverse City, Michigan; Swanville Lake, Maine; Cornell, Wisconsin; and Maxwell Locks, Pennsylvania. The work was accom...