PG&E customers face $532M bill for dam removal some don’t want
Six years after first announcing plans to walk away from the Potter Valley Project, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has finally revealed the staggering price tag for dismantling the century-old hydroelectric facility: $532 million. That’s the estimated cost PG&E submitted to state regulators on May 15, a half-billion-dollar teardown that will be funded by PG&E customers, many of whom also risk losing the year-round water supply the system delivers to 600,000 people across Northern California. … Now, with the Potter Valley Project slated for removal, a replacement is already on the drawing board. The New Eel-Russian Facility, led by the Eel-Russian Project Authority, commonly referred to as ERPA, would be built near Cape Horn Dam to keep water flowing while restoring the Eel River’s natural processes.
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