FERC grants schedule reprieve to Alaska's 600-MW Susitna-Watana

摘要

Receiving assurances that Alaska Energy Authority will meet certain milestones, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has modified an earlier decision that would have delayed by a year or more AEA's 600-MW Susitna-Watana project on Alaska's upper Susitna River. FERC staff ruled Dec. 31 that AEA's revised study plan lacked sufficient detail about 13 of Susitna-Watana's 58 proposed environmental impact studies. As the start of the FERC licensing process, the plan proposes 58 studies of the proposed dam site and surrounding area, 184 miles up the Susitna River above Devils Canyon.