Summary of the New England conference on legal and institutional incentives to small-scale hydroelectric development (Boston Massachusetts, January 30-31, 1979)

• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Energy Law Inst., Concord, NH (USA). Franklin Pierce Law Center 1980
• Subjects: Environmental Effects; Usa 130400* > Hydro Energy > Legislation & Regulations; Power Plants; Local Government; Hydroelectric Power Plants; Economics; Institutional Factors; North Atlantic Region; Legal Aspects; Resource Potential; 13 Hydro Energy; National Energy Act; Laws; 296001 > Energy Planning & Policy > Electric Power Generation > (-1989); Meetings; Financial Incentives; State Government; Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act; 29 Energy Planning; Policy And Economy; North America; Low-Head Hydroelectric Power Plants; Government Policies; Low Head; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/5167825; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1058256/

The New England Conference on Legal and Institutional Incentives to Small Scale Hydroelectric Development examined the legal and institutional problems confronting small-scale hydroelectric potential of the northeast. Representatives from DOE, FERC, state legislatures, state public service commissions, private developers, and environmental groups attempted to evaluate the state of hydroelectric development in New England. The meeting began with an introductory panel followed by workshops addressing four topics: Federal regulatory systems, state regulatory systems, the economics of small-scale hydroelectric development, and systems dynamics and the systems dynamics model. Comments by the Honorable Georgiana H. Sheldon, FERC, are presented.