The Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to reducing the impacts of hydropower generation through the certification of hydropower projects that have avoided or reduced their environmental impacts pursuant to the Low Impact Hydropower Institute’s criteria.

June 25, 2009 --- TransCanada Projects Achieve Low Impact Certification

June 1, 2009 --- Winooski One files for LIHI Re-Certification on their Winooski One Hydroelectric Project on the Winooski River.

June 1, 2009 --- Dodge Falls Associates files for LIHI Certification on their Dodge Falls Hydroelectric Project on the Connecticut River

May 6, 2009 - Brookfield Renewable Power's Rumford Falls Acheives LIHI Certification

May 5, 2009 - City of Albany, Oregon Files Certification Application for their Vine Street Project ( FERC No. 11509)

April 29, 2009 - LIHI Releases Revised Criteria for Public Review

April 13, 2009 - Pawtucket Hydro Project Files for by LIHI Re-Certification

March 25, 2009 - Oregon Irrigation District Files for Low Impact Certification

February 25, 2009 - Tallassee Shoals LLC files for Re-Certification of the Tallassee Shoals Project , MIddle Oconee River, near Athens, Georgia

January 28, 2009 - Wyoming Project Re-Certified at January LIHI Board Meeting