When it comes to the planned decommissioning of PG&E’s Potter Valley Project ― the hydroelectric power plant and two related dams in Northern California ― there seem to be two schools of thought in Sonoma County. One: Save the dams, at all costs. … Two: Accept the inevitable, at all costs. … Now, as Pacific Gas & Electric Co. prepares to file its plans by July 29 to the federal government to decommission the project, the rift between those two schools is widening. The chasm was on display during a July 1 town hall hosted by the Sonoma County Farm Bureau at the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa. … The questions revolve around how hundreds of thousands of customers would continue to have access to water once PG&E stops diverting water from the Eel River to the Russian River ― a move that is likely still a decade away.

Other dam removal news:

• KRCR (Redding, Calif.): Klamath River Accord calls for the halt of new dams, supports removal efforts