The commission has long run the St Lawrence hydro-power project at Cornwall, Ontario, and regulated the river flow without dispute or political interference.
But their chief concern at the moment is the security of a Chinese construction firm which is building a hydro-power project on the Indus river in the Dubair area of Kohistan.
Now, rural regeneration agency Cadwyn Clwyd has launched a project to revive small-scale hydro-electric power production in rural Denbighshire, launching feasibility studies for using water power on the Dee at Llangollen, and on the Alyn at Llandegla and Loggerheads.