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FERC Licensing & Relicensing

Integrated Licensing Process     Alternative Licensing Process  

Traditional Licensing Process

Devine Tarbell & Associates, Inc. (DTA) is a leading provider of relicensing services in the country.  DTA has recently licensed or is currently involved in the relicensing of over 110 hydroelectric developments, representing an installed capacity exceeding 11,000 MW, with individual plants ranging in size from 1 MW to 1,100 MW.  We are intimately familiar with each of the three FERC licensing processes, Traditional (TLP), Alternative (ALP) and the Integrated License Process (ILP).

DTA has full service capabilities in the aquatic and terrestrial sciences as well as FERC regulatory specialists who focus their daily attention to monitoring ongoing activities at FERC, resource agencies, and other groups that could impact the relicensing of our clients’ projects.  Our staff includes fishery and aquatic biologists, water quality specialists, terrestrial scientists, wetland scientists, wildlife scientists, waterfowl specialists and specialists in FERC and related regulatory statutes, including ESA, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other applicable laws.

SERVICES

  • Lead Consultant
  • Strategic Planning
  • Communication Plans
  • Public Involvement Programs
  • Study Plans
  • FERC-approved Preparer of
  • Third Party EIS
  • Engineering/Environmental Studies
  • Compliance Audits
  • First Stage Consultation Document
  • Draft/Final License Application
  • NEPA Compliance
  • Settlement Agreements/Collaborative Process

Integrated Licensing Process

DeSabla-Centerville Project, Preparation of PAD, Lead Relicensing Consultant

Devine Tarbell & Associates (DTA) has been retained by PG&E to be the lead relicensing consultant for the DeSabla-Centerville Project, a pioneer ILP project.   Read more...

Tacoma and Ames Projects Relicensings, Public Service of Colorado / Xcel Energy

Devine Tarbell & Associates (DTA) was selected by Public Service of Colorado / Xcel Energy, to be the lead consultant for the relicensing of their Tacoma and Ames Hydroelectric projects.  Read more...

Alternative Licensing Process

Osage Hydroelectric Project Strategic Planning and Relicensing, AmerenUE

Devine Tarbell and Associates (DTA) was selected as Lead Consultant by Ameren UE for the relicensing of the Osage Project. The Osage Project is located in central Missouri and forms the Lake of the Ozarks.  It is licensed by the FERC with the current license expiring on February 28, 2006.  Read more...

Upper American River Project, 1,083 MW, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Devine Tarbell & Associates (DTA) has been SMUD’s Lead Consultant for the UARP Relicensing since the relicensing began in 1999.  Read more...

Traditional Licensing Process

Priest Rapids Project, 2,140 MW, Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County (Grant PUD)

DTA was the Lead Strategic Planning Consultant to Grant PUD for the relicensing of the 2,140 MW Priest Rapids Project. The Priest Rapids Project consists of two developments—Priest Rapids and Wanapum—on the Columbia River each exceeding 1,000 MW.  Key issues over the course of relicensing included competition for the project; power sales agreements; cumulative impacts; downstream effects (Hanford Reach); endangered salmon (salmon BiOp) and bull trout; water quality; public relations; Tribal relations; project economics; recreation; and maintaining operational flexibility.  Read more...

Catawba-Wateree Project, 790 MW, Duke Power 

Devine Tarbell and Associates (DTA) has been retained by Duke Power as the lead consultant for the relicensing of the Catawba Wateree Project.  The Catawba-Wateree Project includes eleven reservoirs and thirteen powerhouses in fourteen counties in North Carolina and South Carolina. The project is licensed by FERC with the current license expiring on August 31, 2008.  Duke Power is utilizing an enhanced Traditional Licensing Process (TLP) for the relicensing of the Catawba-Wateree Project.  DTA’s responsibilities and contributions to this relicensing range from strategic planning to agency consultation, study plan development/execution and now preparation of the draft and final license applications.  Read more...

Penobscot River Projects, PPL Maine LLC (PPL Maine)

In 2003, PPL Maine entered into a Multi-Party Settlement Agreement (MPA) with the Penobscot Indian Nation, the U.S. Department of the Interior, various agencies of the State of Maine, and a number of conservation groups.  The MPA was a landmark agreement reached to resolve all fish passage, energy generation, and Tribal issues associated with PPL Maine’s Penobscot River Basin hydroelectric projects.  To implement Phase I of the MPA, PPL Maine was required to file amendment applications to implement fish passage, cultural resource management measures, and normal pond elevation changes at its Stillwater, Medway, Milford, Veazie, and West Enfield Projects.  In addition, PPL was required to file a revised relicensing application for its Orono Project.  Read more...
 

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