Sponsor:
- Rep. David B. McKinley (R-WV)
This would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize the Hydroelectric Incentive Program, which provides funding for retrofitting dams with hydroelectric generating capabilities as well as the Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Program.
This change will reauthorize the program through 2036, to encourage further retrofitting of non-powered dams. Powering non-powered dams has the potential to add 3.6 GW of clean and affordable hydropower electricity to the U.S. grid.