MORNING SENTINEL • May 20, 2024
Members of the public will have opportunity this week to ask questions and comment on the relicensing of four dams on the Kennebec River, between Waterville and Skowhegan, at public hearings scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. The hearings, part of the federal regulatory process, are to be held in Waterville on Tuesday and in Augusta on Wednesday. The public can also comment online until June 4 at ferc.gov/how-file-comment. The four dams are owned by Brookfield Renewable Partners, which filed plans with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission it says will protect threatened or endangered Atlantic salmon, Atlantic sturgeon and shortnose sturgeon. The Natural Resources Council of Maine says the plans contain inadequate measures to protect wildlife.