Hydroelectric Relicensing Reform Act of 1985

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Hydroelectric Relicensing Reform Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to give preference to State and municipal license applications for original hydroelectric power projects. Extends from two years to three years the time period within which the United States has the right to take over a hydroelectric project whose license has expired. Changes the procedures for new licenses and relicensing to require an existing licensee to give notice of its intention to file for a new license three years prior to the expiration of its existing license. Permits a competing application to be filed within 180 days of the filing of the initial application for a new license by the existing license. Requires a competing application to give a detailed statement of how the plans reflected in it are as well, or better adapted, than are the plans reflected in the existing licensee's initial application to develop, conserve, and utilize in the public interest the water resources of the region. Requires that each final application for a new license be filed one year prior to the expiration of the existing license. Requires such final applicati…