FERC may reinstate a license that expired after December 31, 2023
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects, section 1, Sec. 1.
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FERC may reinstate a license that expired after December 31, 2023
The document says “can”Who acts: Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may reinstate the license for the applicable project effective as of the date of expiration of the license”
Paragraph (1) of subsection (d). It applies where the period to commence construction of a covered project under section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) expired after December 31, 2023 and before this Act was enacted. In that case reinstatement is permitted, and it is backdated to the date the license expired.
What the document actually says
“the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may reinstate the license for the applicable project effective as of the date of expiration of the license”
That sentence, in plain words
FERC can bring the permit back. It counts as live again from the day it ran out.
What this is about
Some permits ran out before this law was signed. This part is for those. It works only if the permit ran out after December 31, 2023.
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Require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are…, Public Law 119-90, sec. 1, 140 Stat. 820 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ90/html/PLAW-119publ90.htm
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“FERC may reinstate a license that expired after December 31, 2023,” Require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are…, section 1, Sec. 1. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-90/proposal/sec01-reinstatement-of-expired-license/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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