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Spokane River Relicensing Home
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Welcome to the Avista Utilities' Spokane River Project relicensing web site. We hope this site helps you stay informed during the relicensing process. At this site, you will find information concerning past and upcoming meetings, documents that are available for review, and the overall schedule and calendar for relicensing.
You can also find information on the hydroelectric developments that make up the Spokane River Project, as well as links to other information sources. If you have questions or comments about the process or the web site please contact us at any time.
Avista's origin springs from the construction of the Monroe Street Hydroelectric Development (HED) in 1889. Today, Monroe Street and its four sister developments in the Spokane River Project provide the region with an average of 100 MW of electric energy, enough to meet the electrical needs of about 65,000 homes.
The Spokane River Project was first licensed in 1972. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) refers to the hydroelectric facilities subject to a single license as a "Project," and gives each project a unique number. The Spokane River Project is FERC No. 2545. The license tells us how we can operate the developments and what protection, mitigation and enhancement measures (PM&Es) are needed to address the project's ongoing impacts. The current license expires in 2007, and our new application is due before the end of July 2005. Relicensing is about evaluating the impacts of the project and developing PM&Es to address those impacts as the project continues to operate.
