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Utility has revised dam study plan
MOUNT VERNON (AP) A public utility in Seattle has broadened its study plan for the relicensing of its Skagit River dams in response to requests from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and other stakeholders, officials said.
Seattle City Light submitted the revised study plan on Wednesday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. The current license, issued in 1995, expires in April 2025.
Seattle offers to change dam operations on sacred stretch of the Skagit River
Seattle City Light executives announced its latest plans in an effort to get its Skagit River dams relicensed for up to 50 years. Author: Susannah Frame Updated: 2:38 PM PDT April 8, 2021
SEATTLE After 100 years of dewatering a three-mile portion of the Skagit River where it used to flow freely,
Seattle City Light on Wednesday pledged to put water back into what is referred to as the Gorge bypass reach.
“It is our intent to re-water that reach and not wait for the new license to do so,” said Debra Smith, general manager and CEO of Seattle City Light.
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - A public utility in Seattle has broadened its study plan for the relicensing of its Skagit River dams in response to requests from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and other stakeholders, officials said.
Seattle City Light submitted the revised study plan on Wednesday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. The current license, issued in 1995, expires in April 2025.
Seattle City Light requested a pre-application document and proposed 24 studies for the relicensing last year. The utility revised the plan in December to include 28 studies.
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe: Seattle’s Skagit River dams put treaty rights at risk
Seattle City Light s hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were built on the Upper Skagit s ancestral lands, but the tribe was never consulted about the project. Author: Susannah Frame Updated: 8:06 PM PDT April 6, 2021
SEATTLE A small, rural Indian tribe based in Sedro-Woolley accuses the city of Seattle of degrading its culture, identity, and federally-protected treaty rights.
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Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, according to historians, has inhabited the Skagit Valley along the Skagit River for 10,000 years. Members say 100 years ago, their way of life on the Skagit was disrupted. That’s when, without consulting the tribe, Seattle’s publicly-owned utility,