Phoenix lawyer Robert Lynch, left, testifies in favor of the hydropower bill before a congressional committee. Christopher Treese, center, of the Colorado River District in Glenwood, Colo., and Grant Ward, a former official with the Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District and Electrical District No. 3, also testify.
From left, Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Flagstaff, and Scott Tipton, R-Colo., listen to testimony on a bill that supporters say will make it easier to license small hydropower plants. Gosar co-sponsored the bill, which was heard Wednesday by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Photo by Nathan O'Neal
Robert Lynch was one of two Arizonans testifying in support of the “Bureau of Reclamation Small-Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011,” which they said would help generate clean energy, as well as income to help water districts pay their bills.
The bill is aimed at prompting private-sector development of hydropower plants on federally owned canals and pipelines, said Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Flagstaff, one of the sponsors of the measure. It would exempt small plants — those generating less than 1.5 megawatts — from requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, among other changes."
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