Supreme Court overturns decision on hydro dams on Lamoille and Green rivers

The Dam at the Green River Reservoir produces power for Morrisville Water and Light. File photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDigger

Verrmont’s top court has ruled that three dams on the Lamoille and Green rivers must follow flow rates imposed by environmental regulators, overturning a lower court’s decision.

In a decision issued Friday, the Supreme Court said the environmental court had “erred in failing to give deference” to the state Agency of Natural Resources’ water quality standards.

Morrisville Water and Light applied in 2010 for water quality certifications from the state as part of the relicensing process for three hydroelectric dams: at Cadys Falls and Morrisville on the Lamoille, and the Green River Reservoir dam.

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