Pending Applications

Low Impact Certification means that the hydropower facility has been found by the Institute to meet or exceed the Institute’s Certification Criteria which address eight key areas: ecological flow regimes, water quality, upstream fish passage, downstream fish passage and protection, shoreline and watershed protection, threatened and endangered species protection, cultural and historic resource protection and recreational resources. Certification is designed to provide consumers with assurance that a facility has avoided or reduced their environmental impacts pursuant to the Low Impact Hydropower Institute’s criteria. Once certified, the owner or operator can market the power from the facility to consumers as produced by a LIHI Certified(R) Facility. Certification from the Institute may also qualify the power produced for other “green” energy certification programs (click on the linked names to learn more about each project).

Application Stages:

  1. Review in Process
  2. Public Comment Period
  3. Preliminary Decision
  4. Appeal Period
  5. Final Decision
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Cert No.

Project Name

River

State

Review Status

n/a

Salmon Falls River

NH/ME

Review in process. Public comment period ends April 12, 2024

n/a

Winooski River

VT

Review in process. Public comment period ends March 30, 2024

57

N/A - Quabbin Aqueduct

MA

Final Decision March 1, 2024

56

N/A - Cosgrove Aqueduct

MA

Final Decision February 6, 2024

29

Provo River

UT

Final Decision February 2, 2024

40

Connecticut River

NH, VT

Public comment period closed, awaiting additional information.