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Week Ending July 29, 2005

S.244  A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Wyoming.
 

BRIEF

  The Federal Power Act requires that construction of a licensed project such as this hydroelectric project must begin within two years or the license is repealed.

“Swift Creek Power Company received a license in 1997 to rehabilitate and operate a hydroelectric project in Wyoming. The original deadline for commencing construction of the project was December 18, 1999. The Commission subsequently extended that deadline to December 18, 2001, the committee report explained.

 “Project No. 1651 includes rehabilitation of the upper development of the project by modifying the upper dam to add one-foot stoplogs, replacing a 36-inch-diameter penstock with one 48 inches in diameter, dredging around the intake structure, refurbishing the powerhouse, and installing two generators. The rehabilitation of the project's lower development includes dredging behind the lower dam, installing a 2,000-foot-long buried penstock, building a powerhouse, installing two generating units, and burying a short new transmission line.”

Sponsor: Senator Thomas Craig (R-WY)

Vote: Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent. (July 27, 2005)

Cost to the taxpayers: CBO estimates that implementing S. 244 would have no net effect on the federal budget.

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