On Wednesday, March 24, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, and Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy will hold a hydropower workshop with stakeholders from industry and environmental groups and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on low impact hydropower.
As the largest source of renewable electricity generation in the United States, hydropower provides a wide range of benefits to the country. Hydropower is a low emission, low-cost source of energy that can be relied upon for long-term, stable production of domestic electricity.
The MOU, which will be signed by the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and Army Corps of Engineers, is intended to represent a new approach to hydropower development that will increase the production of clean, renewable power generation, while avoiding or reducing environmental impacts and enhancing the viability of ecosystems.
Who: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy
Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Jon Wellinghoff
What: Public workshop for Low Impact Hydropower
When: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT; MOU signing at 1:15 p.m. and media availability to immediately follow
Where: South Interior Building, Virginia Ave. between 19th and 20th Streets, Northwest
Media: Credentialed media are invited to cover the event.
Source: Department of Interior
