"Opponents of a plan to remove two Pacific Gas & Electric Co. dams from the Eel River in Lake and Mendocino counties have gained a powerful ally: the Trump administration. 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."
"PG&E's application to decommission the so-called Potter Valley Project is being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, which oversees licensing of the nation's hydroelectric facilities. For generations, farmers here have put this water to good, productive use, Rollins said in an announcement. But under California's radical leadership, the needs of hardworking families are being ignored while the needs of fish are treated as more important. That's simply wrong."
The Trump administration filed to intervene against Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s request to decommission two Eel River dams and an associated century-old powerhouse. The dams divert Eel River flows into irrigation canals serving Potter Valley, Mendocino County, and the upper Russian River, supplying customers including Marin County. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject PG&E's license surrender unless significant deficiencies are addressed, citing agricultural water needs and families dependent on the flows. PG&E says it no longer wishes to operate Scott Dam and Cape Horn Dam. FERC's docket has received over 1,900 comments on the project.
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