PacifiCorp today filed an application before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to transfer most of the license for the Klamath Hydroelectric Project to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC). The KRRC concurrently filed an application to surrender the license for the purpose of dam
Conservation groups appointed Richard Roos-Collins to the Board of Directors of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation. The corporation implements the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (2016) to undertake nation’s largest dam removal effort. When completed, the project will restore anad
On November 26, Seneca Nation of Indians and FirstEnergy reached a Settlement Agreement resolving competition for the new license for the Seneca Pumped Storage Project on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania. The parties filed notice before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is overs
On September 28, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, California Trout, and other parties (California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Mono Lake Committee) reached a Settlement Agreement to resolve all outstanding issues related to restoration of the creeks tributary to Mono Lake.
Richard Roos-Collins and Paul Stanton Kibel will present at this year's California Water Law Symposium being held at Golden Gate University School of Law on Saturday, January 25. The conference is entitled "Wasted Water: Reasonable Use Law in 21st Century California."
Water and Power Law Group submitted a filing to FERC on August 10, requesting reconsideration of FERC’s schedule for environmental analysis for the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, as well as better integration of the record of information filed by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC.
On March 5, the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Settlement Agreement was reached between ranchers, the Klamath Tribes, the United States, and Oregon.
Appalachian Power Company and four Virginia counties (Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, and Pittsylvania) reached a Settlement Agreement for management of shoreline properties at Smith Mountain Lake. The settlement establ
Richard Roos-Collins is Principal in the WATER AND POWER LAW GROUP PC. He specializes in settlements in complex cases involving multiple parties, interests, and laws. He has drafted and negotiated more than 50 such settlements. These include: the Klamath Basin Restoration and