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
2	Island Park	Henry's Fork Snake River	ID	Review in process. Public Comment period ends March 5, 2022.
21	Buffalo River	Buffalo River	ID	Review in process. Public Comment period ends February 6, 2022.
n/a	Red Rock	Des Moines River	IA	Review in process. Public Comment period ended January 10, 2022.
20	Salmon River	Salmon River	NY	Preliminary Decision. Appeal period ends February 19, 2022.
129	North Gorham	Presumpscot River	ME	Preliminary Decision. Appeal period ends January 20, 2022.
79	Benton Falls	Sebasticook River	ME	Final Decision January 14, 2022
26	Goat Lake	Pitchfork Falls Creek	AK	Final Decision January 5, 2022
81	Arrowrock	Boise River	ID	Final Decision January 5, 2022
187	Willow Island	Ohio River	OH, WV	Final Decision January 5, 2022
n/a	American Tissue	Cobbosseecontee Stream	ME	Public comment period closed, awaiting additional information.
40	Vernon	Connecticut River	NH, VT	Public comment period closed, awaiting additional information.
n/a	Folsom/Nimbus	American River	CA	Public comment period closed, awaiting additional information.