NHA Announces Inaugural Winners of the Achievements in Water Power Award
Phoenix, AZ -- The National Hydropower Association (NHA) awarded Salt River Project (SRP) and McMillen with the inaugural Achievements…

NHA Supports Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 to Help Unleash American Hydropower
Washington, DC — NHA President and CEO, Malcolm Woolf, issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate's introduction of…

Debbie Mursch Receives the 2026 Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award for Excellence in Hydropower Leadership
Phoenix, AZ – Debbie Mursch is the newest winner of NHA’s Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award, an accolade given to…

Nicholas Brunt Named 2026 Recipient of NHA’s Rising Star Award for Early-Career Water Power Professionals
Phoenix, AZ – The National Hydropower Association (NHA) is proud to announce Nicholas Brunt of Brookfield Renewable N.A. as the recipient of…

Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Transparency in Hydropower Licensing Passes Senate, Heads to President’s Desk
Washington, DC --- NHA applauded the Senate's unanimous passage of the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act (H.R.3657/S. 3500). It now…

New Analysis Shows Hydropower’s Licensing Conditions Have Increased Tenfold Since 1980, Threatening Grid Reliability as Power Demand Surges
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As U.S. electricity demand grows at its fastest pace in decades, a new report from the…

Hydropower Makes a Summer Splash on Capitol Hill with New Bipartisan Bills
Washington, D.C. -- Hydropower advocates in the House and Senate have been hard at work introducing several new bipartisan bills…

NHA Urges Passage of Bill that Pairs Hydropower Permits to Projects – Not Wish Lists
The Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act addresses the outdated hydropower licensing process by ensuring that mandatory conditions for a facility’s…

Legislation to Build 2.6 GW of Reliable Energy for Grid and Leverage $6.5 Billion in Private Sector Investments Becomes Law
President Trump signed the Build More Hydro bill into law, which helps safeguard 2.6 GW of reliable energy and…

NHA Applauds DOE Announcement to Resume Negotiations for Hydroelectric Incentives Program
Washington, D.C. -- Malcolm Woolf, the President and CEO of the National Hydropower Association, released the following statement after…

Legislation to Build 2.6 GW of Reliable Energy for Grid and Leverage $6.5 Billion in Private Sector Investments Passes U.S. House; Heads to President Trump for Signature
Washington, DC – The National Hydropower Association, America’s leading trade association for the water power industry, applauded the U.S.…

NHA Welcomes Energy Policy Veteran, Kathleen Robertson, as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Washington, D.C. -- The National Hydropower Association is proud to welcome Kathleen Robertson to the organization as its new Vice President of Regulatory Affa…

Winning the AI Race: New Report Highlights Untapped Opportunity for Pumped Storage Hydropower
Washington, D.C. — As artificial intelligence and data centers drive a surge in U.S. electricity demand, power generation will…

House Energy and Commerce Committee Unanimously Advances ‘Build More Hydro’ Bill
Washington, DC – Malcolm Woolf, the President and CEO of the National Hydropower Association, released the following statement after…

Water Power Secures Key Funding in FY2026 Minibus
Washington, D.C. -- This week, the U.S. Senate passed three bicameral, bipartisan fiscal year appropriations bills: the Commerce, Justice,…

NHA Statement on House Passage of the SPEED Act
Washington, D.C. -- Malcolm Woolf, President and CEO of the National Hydropower Association, released the following statement after the…

NHA Applauds House Natural Resources’ Advancement of ESA Reform Bill
Washington, D.C. -- Malcolm Woolf, the President and CEO of the National Hydropower Association, released the following statement after…

NHA Applauds House Passage of the PERMIT Act
Washington, D.C. – Malcolm Woolf, the President and CEO of the National Hydropower Association, released the following statement after…

Stronger Together: Hydropower Foundation and NHA Align to Strengthen Workforce Development Efforts
Washington, D.C. -- The National Hydropower Foundation (NHA) has entered into a strategic alignment with the Hydropower Foundation, the…

NHA Statment on DOE’s FERC Directive Regarding New Hydropower Projects
Washington, DC – NHA President and CEO, Malcolm Woolf, has released the following statement after Energy Secretary Chris Wright…

