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
25	Pelton Round Butte	Deschutes River	OR	Review in process. Public Comment period ends January 15, 2023
n/a	Belleville Locks and Dam	Ohio River	OH, WV	Review in process. Public Comment period ends November 25, 2022
n/a	Meldahl Lock and Dam	Ohio River	OH, KY	Review in process. Public Comment period ends November 25, 2022
14A	Upper Raquette River	Raquette River	NY	Review in process. Public Comment period ended October 29, 2022
Pending 192	High Falls	Deer River	NY	Preliminary Decision - Appeal period ends December 10, 2022
n/a	Brassua	Moose River	ME	Review in process. Public Comment period ended May 30, 2022
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.