"Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins filed a notice Friday to intervene in the utility's bid to decommission its waterworks in the rural area. The structures include a century-old power plant that helps divert Eel River water into irrigation canals that support Potter Valley in Mendocino County and dump into the upper Russian River. The water recipients include customers in Marin County."
"Rollins also filed comments urging FERC to reject PG&E's application to surrender its license for the Potter Valley Project "unless significant deficiencies are addressed." PG&E is no longer interested in operating the system, which includes Scott Dam, at the base of Lake Pillsbury, and the smaller Cape Horn Dam, 12 miles downstream on the Eel, as well the nonoperational, 117-year-old powerhouse that used to generate electricity with a diverted share of the river's flow."
Opponents of removing two PG&E dams on the Eel River secured support from the Trump administration when Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins filed a notice to intervene in PG&E's bid to decommission the Potter Valley Project. The project includes Scott Dam at Lake Pillsbury, Cape Horn Dam 12 miles downstream, and a 117-year-old powerhouse. The diverts send Eel River water into irrigation canals that serve Potter Valley in Mendocino County and supply the upper Russian River, including customers in Marin County. Rollins asked FERC to reject PG&E's license surrender unless significant deficiencies are addressed. FERC has received more than 1,900 comments since Oct. 21.
Read at The Mercury News
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]