WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have introduced bipartisan legislation to accelerate and reform the permitting process for hydropower and marine energy projects. The Fair Licensing for Operations of Water Structures (FLOWS) Act would better tap hydropower's full potential by reducing administrative burdens on project developers and making federal decision-making on licensing more efficient.
Current federal permitting processes for hydropower and marine energy projects contain redundancies and inefficiencies that unnecessarily delay project work and increase costs (https://www.e...