HB 1130-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Changes reporting requirements of the department of ecology with regard to water power license fees.

Delays, until June 30, 2023, the expiration of certain fees for federal energy regulatory commission projects.

Requires the department of ecology and the department of fish and wildlife, in order to ensure accountability in the licensing, relicensing, and license implementation programs of the departments to: (1) Be responsible for producing an annual work plan that addresses the work anticipated to be completed by each department associated with federal hydropower licensing and license implementation;

(2) Assign one employee to each licensed hydropower project to act as each department's designated licensing and implementation lead for a hydropower project;

(3) Host an annual meeting with parties interested in or affected by hydropower project licensing and the associated fees charged under this act;

(4) Before the annual meeting: (a) Circulate a survey to hydropower licensees soliciting feedback on certain topics; and (b) analyze the survey results; and

(5) Present summarized information based on their analysis of survey results at the annual meeting for purposes of discussion with hydropower project licensees.