The 30-day comment period for PG&E’s License Surrender Application is now open. Comments on PG&E’s plans are due to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by December 1, 5pm Eastern. Click here to learn more about key talking points in support of...
Scott Dam (left) and Cape Horn Dam (right) are the two dams that comprise the Potter Valley Project. PG&E’s July 2025 filing to the official Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) docket is an important milestone on the way to removing the Eel River dams. The...
The Background There are many rules that PG&E must comply with in managing the Potter Valley Project. One of those is a set of rules outlining how much water can be diverted to the Russian River, both under their contract with the Potter Valley Irrigation...
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...
Sacramento pikeminnow, invasive on the Eel River, prey upon juvenile salmonids. Photo via CalTrout. Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20426 Re: Urgent Request for Approval of PG&E’s...
