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FERC & Hydrokinetic Projects Ocean Energy for New England Conference Hosted by the Marine Renewable Energy Center at the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center Fall River, MA October 6, 2008. Topics. Flexibility at FERC: Approach to New Technologies Hydrokinetic Project Proposals

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  1. FERC & Hydrokinetic ProjectsOcean Energy for New England ConferenceHosted by the Marine Renewable Energy Center at the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center Fall River, MAOctober 6, 2008

  2. Topics • Flexibility at FERC: Approach to New Technologies • Hydrokinetic Project Proposals • Next steps & information

  3. Hydrokinetic Projects Conventional hydropower projects Hydrokinetic projects: generate electricity from waves or directly from the flow of water in ocean currents, tides, or inland waterways

  4. Regulatory Approach • The Commission: • supports the development of hydrokinetic projects • recognizes the conundrum of need for real-world testing, yet limited information to prepare application • Tailored existing program: • Preliminary permits • Test projects • Pilot project license

  5. Types of Issuances • Preliminary permits • Maintains priority of application for three years • Conduct feasibility studies and prefiling activities • Doesn’t authorize construction • Licenses • Authorizes construction and operation • Original up to 50 years • Relicense 30-50 years

  6. Preliminary Permit ReviewStrict Scrutiny – February 15, 2007 • Applications • Appropriately sized area • Details of proposed technology • Post-issuance administration • Schedule of activities • Progress reports • Cancel permit if no progress

  7. Hydrokinetic Project Permits(as of September 23, 2008) • Issued, existing preliminary permits • 34 tidal, 9 wave, 0 ocean current, 68 inland • Pending preliminary permits • 20 tidal, 4 wave, 3 ocean current, 66 inland

  8. FERC-Issued Hydrokinetic License and Preliminary Permits

  9. FERC-Issued Hydrokinetic Preliminary Permits

  10. Pending Preliminary Permits

  11. Test Projects(no FERC license needed) • Verdant Declaratory Order- April 2005, July 2005 • No license required if: -Experimental technology -Short term installation for conducting studies -Test project does not transmit into, or displace power from, the national electric energy grid

  12. Pilot Project LicenseWhitepaper – updated April 14, 2008 • Test technologies, evaluate sites, monitor effects, and generate electricity • Agency and public input, with FERC oversight • Complete licensing in as few as 6 months • Guard against environmental harm • Short license term, small footprint, removable • Careful monitoring • Project shutdown or removal if harm

  13. Pilot Project Licensing Procedures Available for projects that are: • small, short term • not in sensitive areas • removable & able to be shut down • removed, with site restored • initiated by draft application in a form sufficient to support environmental analysis ***On case-by-case basis***

  14. Hydrokinetic Project Proposals(as of June 4, 2008) • Pre-filing license applications • Reedsport (OR) • Coos Bay (OR) • Douglas County (OR) • Roosevelt Island (NY) • License issued • Makah Bay (WA)

  15. Typical Statutes • Federal Power Act • National Environmental Policy Act • Endangered Species Act • Marine Mammal Protection Act • Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Act • Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act • Coastal Zone Management Act • Clean Water Act • National Historic Preservation Act

  16. Licensing StandardFederal Power Act Give equal consideration to power and environmental values

  17. Standard Licensing Processes Integrated Licensing Process (ILP)-default • Traditional Licensing Process (TLP) • Alternative Licensing Process (ALP)

  18. Hydrokinetic Websitewww.ferc.gov • Process guidance • Issued and pending permits and licenses • Timeline of Commission actions

  19. Next Steps • Project specific • Participate in prefiling and process applications • Programmatic • Coordinate with states and agencies to establish agreements (MOUs, etc) • Continue outreach • Consider additional strategies as projects progress, i.e., how best to build out from a pilot project

  20. Questionswww.ferc.gov Kristen Murphy 202.502.6236 Kristen.murphy@ferc.gov

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