Initial ALP Letter to FERC

Initial ALP Letter to FERC (537KB PDF)
FERC Approval (42KB PDF)

In October 1997, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued new rules that provide hydro licensees with an option to relicense their projects using regulations commonly referred to as “Alternative Licensing Procedures (ALP)”. The ALP allows licensees to “customize” the relicensing process by combining the consultation, study and environmental review processes. The ALP is intended to help licensees and stakeholders identify issues early and attempt to resolve them at the local level.

Alabama Power is required to file a request with FERC to use ALPs. Along with its request, Alabama Power must demonstrate to FERC that there is a general consensus among stakeholders that the ALP should be used on the Coosa-Warrior relicensing.

On September 22, 2000, Alabama Power filed a request with FERC to use ALPs. On January 29, 2001, FERC approved Alabama Power’s request to use ALPs for the Coosa-Warrior relicensing. Copies of Alabama Power’s request and FERC’s approval of the request are provided below.

Terms and Acronyms

The relicensing process includes many important terms and quite a few groups and departments represented by acronyms. Here's a glossary and an index of acronyms to help you keep it all straight.