The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has for the first time declared a water shortage for Lake Mead in response to a historic Colorado River Basin drought.

FERC approved the transfer of the 169-MW Klamath Hydroelectric Project’s license from PacifiCorp to a group of parties that will decommission the dams.

Local officials filed a scathing lawsuit alleging corruption at the state’s main water agency and lawmakers called for FERC to delay the Oroville Dam’s relicensing.

Butte County urged FERC to order the California Department of Water Resources to establish its own public safety program to help manage the Oroville Dam.

FERC said evidence of price reporting deficiencies by power sellers during the Western Energy Crisis cannot constitute the sole basis for a finding of market manipulation.