Small Conduit Hydroelectric Facility Law and Legal Definition
According to 18 CFR 4.30 [Title 18 -- Conservation of Power and Water Resources; Chapter I -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; Subchapter B -- Regulations Under the Federal Power Act; Part 4 -- Licenses, Permits, Exemptions, and Determination of Project Costs], small conduit hydroelectric facility means an existing or proposed hydroelectric facility that is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power, and includes all structures, fixtures, equipment, and lands used and useful in the operation or maintenance of the hydroelectric facility, but excludes the conduit on which the hydroelectric facility is located or the transmission lines associated with the hydroelectric facility and which:
(i) Utilizes for electric power generation the hydroelectric potential of a conduit;
(ii) Is located entirely on non-Federal lands, as defined in paragraph (b)(20)(i) of this section;
(iii) Has an installed generating capacity of 15 MW or less (40 MW in the case of a municipal water supply project);
(iv) Is not an integral part of a dam;
(v) Discharges the water it uses for power generation either:
(A) Into a conduit;
(B) Directly to a point of agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption; or
(C) Into a natural water body if a quantity of water equal to or greater than the quantity discharged from the hydroelectric facility is withdrawn from that water body downstream into a conduit that is part of the same water supply system as the conduit on which the hydroelectric facility is located; and
(vi) Does not rely upon construction of a dam, which construction will create any portion of the hydrostatic head that the facility uses for power generation unless that construction would occur for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumptive purposes even if hydroelectric generating facilities were not installed.
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- Small Business Technology Transfer Program
- Small Conduit Hydroelectric Facility
- Small Disadvantaged Business Concern
- Small Disadvantaged Businesses
- Small Emitter
- Small Employer (Health Care)
- Small Employer Health Insurance
