The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors this week discussed allocating a half-million dollars to regional entities involved with the decommissioning of the Potter Valley Project, with one supervisor questioning the need for it and another saying it was essential. Ultimately, the board approved $500,000 earmarked for the Mendocino County Inland Water and Power Commission and the Eel-Russian Project Authority. The money would go to “unanticipated” costs that may incur, according to Tony Rakes, deputy county chief executive officer. The Potter Valley Project, owned by PG&E, is a hydroelectric facility that will be dismantled as soon as 2028. 

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• Active NorCal (Redding, Calif.): Mendocino County approves $500K in anticipation of Eel River dam removal