ASPEN — – One day after opponents of Aspen’s proposed Castle Creek hydroelectric project claimed a significant victory with a determination that enough petition signatures were valid to force the Aspen City Council to take another look at its recent zoning decision for the plant, the city announced a coup of its own.
On Wednesday, the city said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday approved its request to follow a “traditional licensing process,” known as a TLP. Critics of the project had lobbied FERC to deny the TLP, saying that the “integrated licensing process,” a more complex route known as an ILP, would be more appropriate given the controversies and complexities they say surrounds the project.
“As stated in the FERC order, the city of Aspen believes the use of the TLP will allow a license application to be completed expeditiously and FERC concludes ‘that the TLP is adequate for the proposed Castle Creek Project,'” the city’s prepared announcement states.
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