Sec. 1834. INCREASED HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION AT EXISTING FEDERAL FACILITIES
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## SEC. 1834 INCREASED HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION AT EXISTING FEDERAL FACILITIES ###
(a)In General The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary, and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly conduct a study of the potential for increasing electric power production capability at federally owned or operated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities. ###
(b)Content The study under this section shall include identification and description in detail of each facility that is capable, with or without modification, of producing additional hydroelectric power, including estimation of the existing potential for the facility to generate hydroelectric power. ###
(c)Report The Secretaries shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study under this section by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The report shall include each of the following: ####
(1)The identifications, descriptions, and estimations referred to in subsection (b). ####
(2)A description of activities currently conducted or considered, or that could be considered, to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility. ####
(3)A summary of prior actions taken by the Secretaries to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility. ####
(4)The costs to install, upgrade, or modify equipment or take other actions to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility and the level of Federal power customer involvement in the determination of such costs. ####
(5)The benefits that would be achieved by such installation, upgrade, modification, or other action, including quantified estimates of any additional energy or capacity from each facility identified under subsection (b). ####
(6)A description of actions that are planned, underway, or might reasonably be considered to increase hydroelectric power production by replacing turbine runners, by performing generator upgrades or rewinds, or construction of pumped storage facilities. ####
(7)The impact of increased hydroelectric power production on irrigation, water supply, fish, wildlife, Indian tribes, river health, water quality, navigation, recreation, fishing, and flood control. ####
(8)Any additional recommendations to increase hydroelectric power production from, and reduce costs and improve efficiency at, federally owned or operated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities.