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TITLE XIX—HYDROPOWER—
RESOURCES
SEC. 1901. INCREASED HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION AT
EXISTING FEDERAL FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Army shall
jointly conduct a study of the potential for increasing elec-
tric power production capability at federally owned or op-
erated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities.
(b) CONTENT.—The study under this section shall in-
clude identification and description in detail of each facil-
ity that is capable, with or without modification, of pro-
ducing additional hydroelectric power, including esti-
mation 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 Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate a report on the findings, conclu-
sions, and recommendations of the study under this sec-
tion by not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act. The report shall include each of
the following:
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(1) The identifications, descriptions, and esti-
mations referred to in subsection (b).
(2) A description of activities currently con-
ducted 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 addi-
tional hydroelectric power from each identified facil-
ity and the level of Federal power customer involve-
ment 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 en-
ergy or capacity from each facility identified under
subsection (b).
(6) A description of actions that are planned,
underway, or might reasonably be considered to in-
crease hydroelectric power production by replacing
turbine runners, by performing generator upgrades
or rewinds, or construction of pumped storage facili-
ties.
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(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.
SEC. 1902. SHIFT OF PROJECT LOADS TO OFF-PEAK PERI-
ODS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall—
(1) review electric power consumption by Bu-
reau of Reclamation facilities for water pumping
purposes; and
(2) make such adjustments in such pumping as
possible to minimize the amount of electric power
consumed for such pumping during periods of peak
electric power consumption, including by performing
as much of such pumping as possible during off-
peak hours at night.
(b) CONSENT OF AFFECTED IRRIGATION CUSTOMERS
REQUIRED.—The Secretary may not under this section
make any adjustment in pumping at a facility without the
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consent of each person that has contracted with the
United States for delivery of water from the facility for
use for irrigation and that would be affected by such ad-
justment.
(c) EXISTING OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED.—This
section shall not be construed to affect any existing obliga-
tion of the Secretary to provide electric power, water, or
other benefits from Bureau of Reclamation facilities, in-
cluding recreational releases.
SEC. 1903. REPORT IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING THE
STATUS OF POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER FA-
CILITIES.
(a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation,
shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report identifying and
describing the status of potential hydropower facilities in-
cluded in water surface storage studies undertaken by the
Secretary for projects that have not been completed or au-
thorized for construction.
(b) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report shall include
the following:
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(1) Identification of all surface storage studies
authorized by Congress since the enactment of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et
seq.).
(2) The purposes of each project included with-
in each study identified under paragraph (1).
(3) The status of each study identified under
paragraph (1), including for each study—
(A) whether the study is completed or, if
not completed, still authorized;
(B) the level of analyses conducted at the
feasibility and reconnaissance levels of review;
(C) identifiable environmental impacts of
each project included in the study, including to
fish and wildlife, water quality, and recreation;
(D) projected water yield from each such
project;
(E) beneficiaries of each such project;
(F) the amount authorized and expended;
(G) projected funding needs and timelines
for completing the study (if applicable);
(H) anticipated costs of each such project;
and
(I) other factors that might interfere with
construction of any such project.