Small Hydropower Interconnection Best Practices Guidelines and Templates

The process for development of a hydropower project can be a convoluted and lengthy process involving numerous federal, state, and local agencies and encompass a plethora of stakeholders that other renewable project development processes may not have to consider. Additionally, the process may vary depending on who the owner/operator is, such as private, nonutility companies; private utility companies; municipalities; electric cooperatives; private citizens; and state and federal government agencies.