Bill · S. 1183· Senate(119-S-1183)
Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 3/27/2025
- Last activity
- 3/27/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sponsored by
- Maria Cantwell
- Cosponsors
- - 7 - 6
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025," aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. It proposes a new tax credit for maintaining and enhancing hydroelectric facilities to support clean energy production and grid reliability. The credit would equal 30 percent of the basis of qualified hydropower improvement property placed in service after December 31, 2025. This property includes upgrades intended to improve fish passage, water quality, and dam safety. The bill also addresses remote dams and the removal of obsolete river obstructions.
Yes· 3 of 12
Does this put more money into wind, solar and other renewable power?+7
The tax credit provides a direct financial incentive for investing in renewable hydropower infrastructure.
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+6
The bill explicitly targets fish passage, water quality, and habitat maintenance.
Does this cut the pollution that drives climate change?+5
Promoting hydroelectricity supports clean energy and reduces reliance on fossil fuels.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Clean Energy and Grid Reliability: By providing a tax credit for upgrades, the bill supports increasing clean energy production and improving the resiliency and reliability of the U ability of the United States electric grid (Section 2, introductory text).
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Environmental and Wildlife Benefits: The bill includes credits for property that adds or improves fish passage, maintains or improves water quality, and promotes downstream sediment transport and habitat maintenance (Section 2(c)(1)(A-C)). It also allows for the removal of obsolete river obstructions (Section 2(c)(1)(F)).
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Improved Public Access: The provisions support improvements to the public uses of, and access to, public waterways impacted by qualified dams (Section 2(c)(1)(E)).
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Safety and Security Upgrades: The bill provides incentives to upgrade, repair, or reconstruct dams to meet Federal dam safety and security standards (Section 2(c)(1)(D)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts or burdens are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Increases Renewable Energy Investment+7Improves Environmental Protections+6Reduces Carbon Emissions+5Improves Public Land Management+3Improves Rural Development+3Reduces Fossil Fuel Production+2
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Rural Residents+4Good For Business Owners+3Good For Union Workers+2
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Economic Growth+2Increases Job Creation+2
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+1
- 4/22/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/25/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/5/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 4/29/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/2/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/27/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 8 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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