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Best Practices
In its review of regulatory and permitting practices, the RAPID Toolkit team has identified a set of best practices for efficiently permitting renewable energy and bulk transmission projects. Best practices include helpful information such as descriptions, case studies, templates, and how-to information.
Explore the best practices below.
BEST PRACTICES ITEMS
Basin-wide Approaches to Hydropower Relicensing: Case Studies and Considerations
Basin-wide approaches to FERC's hydropower relicensing process, case studies, and considerations.
Hydropower
Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Lease of Power Privilege: Case Studies and Considerations
Bureau of Reclamation hydropower lease of power privilege regulatory process, case studies, and considerations.
Hydropower
Coordinating Permit Offices for Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Projects
This best practice analyzes the potential use of coordinating permit offices for large infrastructure projects such as power plants and bulk transmission lines.
Solar, Geothermal, Bulk Transmission, Hydropower
Development of Landscape-Scale Mitigation Plans for Renewable Energy and Transmission Projects
This best practice analyzes landscape-scale mitigation plans that may increase the effectiveness of conservation measures while also streamlining permitting renewable energy and transmission projects.
Solar, Geothermal, Bulk Transmission
Energy Recovery Hydropower
Energy recovery hydropower, a subset of small conduit hydropower, and the prospects of off-setting costs for agricultural, municipal, and industrial water providers.
Hydropower
FERC Hydropower Licensing: A Review of Utilization of the ILP, TLP, and ALP
A review of the utilization of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s hydropower licensing processes ( ILP, TLP, and ALP) for the development of non-federal hydropower projects.
Hydropower
Geothermal Permitting and NEPA Timelines
This best practice outlines the different types of NEPA-related analyses and approvals and discusses geothermal development activities (e.g. well drilling) that might require each type of approval.
Geothermal
Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for Interstate Transmission Siting
Development of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a way to formalize the collaborative process between different jurisdictions involved in the transmission siting/permitting process.
Bulk Transmission
Negotiating Terms and Conditions: An Overview of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Hydropower Settlement Agreement Process
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hydropower settlement agreement process, negotiating terms and conditions.
Hydropower
Online Permitting Systems
This best practice reviews online permit submission systems currently in place or under development and reviews these systems in terms of the ease of development, use, and access to information.
Solar, Geothermal, Bulk Transmission
Public Involvement in Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Project Development
This best practice discusses effective and timely communication of all aspects of renewable energy and bulk transmission projects - including the project purpose and need and potential impacts.
Solar, Geothermal, Bulk Transmission
Purpose and Need Statements for Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Projects
This best practice discusses purpose and need statements, which identify why a Federal agency is responding to a proposed project and provides the foundations of a defensible NEPA analysis.
Solar, Geothermal, Bulk Transmission
Regulatory Approaches for Adding Capacity to Existing Hydropower Facilities
Approaches to adding generating capacity to existing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licensed hydropower facilities.
Hydropower
State Models to Incentivize and Streamline Small Hydropower Development
State financial and regulatory models to incentivize and streamline small hydropower development
Hydropower
Tips for Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Developers
This best practice discusses requirements and resources for developing qualifying conduit hydropower facilities as authorized under the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013, as amended.
Hydropower
Tips for Small Hydropower Developers
This best practice discusses tips for FERC's issuing of an exemption from licensing for small hydropower facilities with only minor environmental effects, including a 10 MW and a conduit exemption.
Hydropower
Tips for Transmission Line Siting and Permitting
This best practice contains tips for transmission line siting, and is intended to assist project participants in moving through the various phases of a project more efficiently and effectively.
Solar, Geothermal, Bulk Transmission, Hydropower