FERC Seeks Comments on PE Hydro’s Request to Adjust Millville Hydroelectric Operations for Safety Work
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This notice opens a public comment period on PE Hydro Generation’s request to temporarily adjust minimum flow and run-of-river operations at the Millville Hydroelectric Project in West Virginia for short periods of dam safety inspections and maintenance. The change would let PE Hydro make planned deviations lasting less than three weeks if state and federal resource agencies agree. Longer deviations would still need FERC staff approval. Businesses, local agencies, environmental groups, and nearby stakeholders who care about river flows, hydropower operations, or maintenance impacts can file comments, protests, or motions to intervene by May 21, 2026.
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Key Changes
- Allows planned short-term deviations from minimum flow and run-of-river operations for dam safety inspections and maintenance
- Requires mutual agreement with West Virginia DEP, West Virginia DNR, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for deviations under three weeks
- Keeps FERC staff approval required for deviations lasting more than three weeks
Obligations
What this law requires
Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be filed with FERC by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 21, 2026.
The first page of any filing must include docket number P-2343-105.
Any filing must bear, in all capital letters, the applicable title: COMMENTS, PROTEST, or MOTION TO INTERVENE.
Any filing must set forth in the heading the applicant name and project number for the application to which the filing responds.
Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must state their evidentiary basis.