# S. 1020 (119th): This act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend construction deadlines for hydropower projects that were issued a license before March 13, 2020

This act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend construction deadlines for hydropower projects that were issued a license before March 13, 2020. FERC is authorized, upon the request of the licensees, to extend the deadline for beginning construction on such projects an additional six years beyond the eight-year extension FERC is authorized to provide under current law. The extension must consist of no more than three consecutive two-year periods. The act also provides that FERC may reinstate certain expired licenses for projects with construction deadlines extended under this act, effective as of the date they expire.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: energy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: hydropower. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_timing. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 129: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: This is an ordinary energy-regulatory measure that extends administrative deadlines for licensed hydropower projects. It involves prudential tradeoffs between energy development, project viability, and regulatory timing, with no direct advancement or restraint of a named moral harm in the operative text.
Theological note: The bill concerns the lawful development of water-based energy infrastructure and the timing of federal permitting. Scripture's call to faithful stewardship of creation and to honest, orderly dealing under lawful authority is relevant to how such permitting is managed, but the measure itself is a routine administrative timing adjustment rather than a direct moral question. This is an issue-relevance note, not a candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 129: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 394 · Nay 14 · Other 22.

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