Negotiating about Power: Hydropower Relicensing in North Carolina

Friday, April 1, 2005

Relicensing hydropower facilities is a lengthy and complex process, but it holds many rewards for local governments and other stakeholders that choose to participate in it. Of North Carolina’s 31 federally licensed facilities, 12 hold licenses that will expire in 2008. Their relicensing is currently under negotiation.

Citation: 
Smutko, L. Steven. "Negotiating about Power: Hydropower Relicensing in North Carolina." Popular Government 70, no. 3 (Spring 2005): 15-23.
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