The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission backed its decision to allow the surrender of a hydropower project license without requiring the removal of the associated dams on the Maine-New Hampshire border.
The commission concluded that leaving the dams in place “best served the public interest” after “carefully considering” all the possible effects, it told the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday.
American Whitewater claimed in its May brief that FERC didn’t comply with federal laws when allowing Aclara Meters LLC’s hydroelectric project to be decommissioned while letting the unused dams on Salmon Falls River remain.
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