PG&E plans to decommission Potter Valley Project

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Times Standard, 7/13/2022: Company won’t re-examine license terms for endangered species in the interim. Pacific Gas & Electric does not believe it’s necessary to reexamine its license terms for endangered species at the Potter Valley Project as it prepares to decommission the dams, according to a letter the utility submitted to federal regulators.

A New Path Forward for Potter Valley Project

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California Trout, 11/22/2021: In response to a recent decision from federal regulators, California Trout sees a clear path towards the removal of Scott Dam and the historic restoration of the upper Eel River watershed in Northern California.

Power plant’s future murky

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Press Democrat, 10/26/21. An equipment failure has shut down PG& E’s 1908 Potter Valley power plant indefinitely, adding uncertainty to the future of Eel River diversions that have augmented the Russian River for more than a century.

FERC denies request for extension Thursday

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Ukiah Daily Journal, 9/24/21. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday denied a request for a pause in the process of re-licensing the Potter Valley Project, which is a hydroelectric plant in Mendocino County that diverts water from the Eel River and into the Russian River via Lake Mendocino.