S. 1020: A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.

S. 1020 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Hydropower developers who obtained a federal license before March 13, 2020, currently face strict deadlines to start building their projects or lose their permits entirely under standard federal rules. This bill changes those rules by giving the Federal… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.