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TURNERS FALLS — The Connecticut River Conservancy is requesting an extension of the public comment period for FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s relicensing after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requested further information.FirstLight,...

TURNERS FALLS — The Connecticut River Conservancy is requesting an extension of the public comment period for FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s relicensing after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requested further information.FirstLight,...

TURNERS FALLS — With the deadline for a comprehensive settlement now in the past, stakeholders in the FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. relicensing process are uncertain about what comes next for aspects that were not finalized.FirstLight, which...

TURNERS FALLS — With the deadline for a comprehensive settlement now in the past, stakeholders in the FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. relicensing process are uncertain about what comes next for aspects that were not finalized.FirstLight, which...

Living rivers don’t flow backward; they don’t falter and stop. They don’t consume their young. Northfield Mountain is the most lethal machine ever operated on the Connecticut.

On Jan. 12,Vince Yearick, director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Division of Hydropower Licensing, gave a new fat gift to FirstLight Power for its Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station in Massachusetts. Parent-owned by...

On Jan. 12, 2023, Vince Yearick, director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Division of Hydropower Licensing, gave a new fat gift to FirstLight Power for its Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station in Massachusetts. Parent-owned...

Over the last year, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers worked hard to advance water power, a clean, carbon-pollution-free energy source. From surging oceans to rushing rivers, flowing waters are a constant and bountiful source of

Over the last year, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers worked hard to advance water power, a clean, carbon-pollution-free energy...

On October 21, the Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) issued An Examination of the Hydropower Licensing and Federal Authorization Process, in which...