Comment period on Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project open through July 24
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is now taking public comment on the plan to decommission the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project. The Potter Valley Project, which PG&E has owned since 1930, consists of the Scott Dam and the Cape Horn Dam, as well as the Potter Valley powerhouse, the 80,000-acre-foot Lake Pillsbury in Lake County, the Van Arsdale Reservoir, a fish passage structure and salmon and steelhead counting station at the Cape Horn Dam, and and 5,600 acres of land. On May 22, the agency, or FERC, issued a notice of scoping meetings and request for comments on Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s proposed application to surrender, decommission and non-project use of project lands for the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project, which is located on the Eel River and East Fork of the Russian River in Lake and Mendocino counties, California.
