Developer says 89-mile pipeline should be included in hydro permit FERC warns developers could use licenses to push through unrelated pipe The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday narrowed its oversight of a proposed hydropower project in Arizona and Utah, saying its policy on the issue limits the ability of developers to take advantage of FERC jurisdiction to use eminent domain and override state rules. The decision drew a dissent from Commissioner Neil Chatterjee, who argued that a more expansive view of FERC’s jurisdiction would provide the applicant with a predictable regulatory process. In 2008, the Utah Board of Water Resources began the application process to build hydroelectric facilities on the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline Project. In addition to producing power, the project would move water 140 miles from Lake Powell in Arizona to […]