This bill requires the Department of Interior and Department of Energy to create a memorandum of understanding to assess how a July 2024 federal decision about Glen Canyon Dam operations affects the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The decision in question, known as the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision, altered how the dam operates to address environmental concerns. The memorandum must examine three main areas: impacts on the fund's ability to pay for routine operations and infrastructure maintenance, effects on hydropower production and the costs of replacing that lost power, and consequences for threatened and endangered species in the region. The two federal agencies must work with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group to develop this plan using information from existing hydropower contracts. The bill does not specify any new funding amounts or implementation deadlines beyond requiring the agreement to be completed "as soon as practicable" after the bill's enactment.
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