by Steelhead | Aug 9, 2025 | EcoNews Report, Dam Removal, News, Slider
PG&E recently tendered its License Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan for the Potter Valley Project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. This plan details when and how PG&E plans to tear down its two dams on the Eel River. And since an...
by Steelhead | Jul 29, 2025 | Action, Dam Removal, News, Slider
Eel River dam removal is just around the corner. On Friday, July 25th PG&E published their final License Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan (LSA), bringing the Eel River one step closer to becoming California’s longest free-flowing river. The Potter...
by Steelhead | May 28, 2025 | Dam Removal, Slider
The Eel River dams will never produce hydropower again. The unreliable water supply they allow to the Russian River will fail as geology and physics proceed. Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) Potter Valley Project has failed, forever, at the primary purpose for...
by Steelhead | Apr 10, 2025 | Dam Removal, News, Slider
Turning a blind eye to serious safety and reliability concerns, as well as questioning a private company’s business decision, the Farm Bureaus of Marin, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino Counties have asked the Trump administration to halt or delay the removal of Scott and...
by Steelhead | Mar 7, 2025 | Comments, Dam Removal, News, Slider
The recent commenting period on PG&E’s draft license surrender application is the latest step in the long process of evaluating the best options for decommissioning the Potter Valley Project. For over a century now, the Potter Valley Project has contributed...
