Charges and Fees for Hydroelectric Projects

Resumo

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is inviting comments on whether it should revise its regulations governing the assessment of annual charges for the administration of Part I of the Federal Power Act and if so, what changes might be appropriate. One alternative that the Commission is considering is to allocate the annual charges for administrative costs among a single class of licensees and exemptees, based on the respective capacity of each hydropower project as measured in kilowatts, with a minimum and maximum charge, and with the assessments to commence at the same time as the commencement of project construction. To ameliorate the potential impact on licensees and exemptees, this alternative would include a transition period of several years for phasing-in the changes. Other alternatives would include, but would not be limited to, retention of the current distinction between municipal and non-municipal licensees including retention of the different formulae by which their respective annual charges are allocated.