U.S. FERC pulls licenses for three Michigan dams after flood
- 3 years ago
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said on Thursday it terminated Boyce Hydro Power Llc’s licenses for the bankrupt company's Secord, Smallwood and Sanford hydroelectric projects on the Tittabawasee River in Michigan.
Heavy rain in May 2020 caused high inflows in the Tittabawassee, resulting in the breaching and failure of the Edenville Dam, the license for which FERC had already revoked in 2018 for Boyce's failure to comply with safety directives and other license requirements.
Those floodwaters caused the Sanford Dam downstream to overflow and submerged parts of the central Michigan town of Midland, displaced thousands of residents and spread into a Dow Chemical Co plant in the riverfront city.
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