Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric Project

Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; Notice of Revised Schedule for Environmental Assessment

FERC has opened a scoping period for the Egan Cavern Expansion Project, proposed by Egan Hub Storage, LLC in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. The Commission will prepare an environmental document to evaluate the environmental impacts of constructing and operating new facilities as part of this natural gas storage expansion. No alternatives have been identified yet. Public scoping comments are due by February 23, 2026. A separate but related notice updates the EA schedule for the Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric Project in Maine, now targeting a single EA to be issued June 15, 2026.

Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is preparing a draft and final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the relicense of the 28.44-megawatt Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric Project (No. 2302), owned by Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC. The project sits on the Androscoggin River in Auburn, Lewiston, and Durham in Androscoggin County, Maine, and occupies no federal lands. The relicense application was filed August 28, 2024; FERC staff issued a Ready for Environmental Analysis notice on May 15, 2025. The draft EA is targeted for January 13, 2026, with a 30-day comment period, and the final EA is expected May 29, 2026.