The Potter Valley Project, a century-old hydropower complex in Mendocino County, is on its way to the recycle bin. PG&E filed last summer to surrender its federal license. Two dams — Scott and Cape Horn — are coming down. The Eel River water rights pass to the Round Valley Indian Tribes for the first time in a century. Now a Riverside County water district 600 miles to the south says it might want to buy a piece. The Trump administration is backing the bid. What the district actually wants — water, electricity, or both — is the question. … PG&E’s surrender filing says only one thing is still on the table for any third party: “certain features of the project such as those for water conveyance.” The federal hydropower license, the company says, is no longer transferable. That’s the narrow opening the Riverside district is reaching into.

Other Potter Valley Project news:

• Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.): Potential Potter Valley Project buyer suggests PG&E failed to tell ‘actual truth’
• Lost Coast Outpost (Eureka, Calif.): New threat to Eel River Dam removal?
• Bay City News Service (Berkeley, Calif.): Potter Valley dams to come down as SoCal interests challenge local water agreement
• Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.): Opinion: Plan to send Eel River water to SoCal is either a pipe dream or massive water grab