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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Rebuffs Idaho Power’s Attack on Clean Water Act
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has dismissed a petition by Idaho Power Company that sought to limit the right of states to enforce water quality requirements when FERC relicenses hydropower projects. In a January 2 post, we described the circumstances of the case and provided the intervention and Motion to Dismiss of CSPA and…
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CSPA Defends the Clean Water Act Once Again
One of CSPA’s many strategies in the past several years has been to defend the federal Clean Water Act from attack. Much of this defense has been in the context the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) relicensing of hydropower projects. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires that an affected state certify that certain…
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CSPA Testifies on San Joaquin River Flow and South Delta Salinity
On December 16, 2016, CSPA’s Bill Jennings and Chris Shutes made presentations to the State Water Board regarding the need to increase flow from the San Joaquin River into the Delta. The hearings held in Stockton are part of Phase I of the Water Board’s update of the Bay-Delta Plan. Bill Jennings discussed five major…
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CSPA Testifies in Hearing on Proposed Delta Tunnels
On December 1, 2016, CSPA provided testimony before the State Water Resources Control Board in the hearing on the proposed Delta tunnels, known inaccurately as the “California WaterFix.” CSPA joined in presenting testimony with witnesses from the California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance. The hearing specifically addresses, in the current phase, whether allowing the State…
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Sites Reservoir: Many Promises, Many Problems
On November 17, 2016, CSPA’s Water Rights Advocate Chris Shutes joined a panel discussion on the proposed Sites Reservoir. The panel was held at a conference in Chico produced by the north state non-profit AquAlliance, and also featured Jim Watson of the Sites Joint Authority and Steve Evans of Friends of the River. If constructed,…
