PGE Removing Scott Dam and Lake Pillsbury in Lake County

[WB Staff]

PG&E files final surrender application and decommissioning plan for Potter

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric said it has filed the necessary documents to decommission — and eventually remove — the Potter Valley Project, which includes the Scott Dam and Lake Pillsbury in Lake County.

The utility announced on Friday that it had filed the final surrender application and decommissioning plan for the project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC.

The Potter Valley Project is located in Lake and Mendocino counties.

It consists of two dams along the upper main stem of the Eel River, the Scott Dam and the Cape Horn Dam — as well as the Potter Valley powerhouse, the 80,000-acre-foot Lake Pillsbury in Lake County, the Van Arsdale Reservoir, a fish passage structure and salmon and steelhead counting station at the Cape Horn Dam, and and 5,600 acres of land.

FUll Story: https://lakeconews.com/news/82235-pg-e- ... ey-project

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It truly saddens me to see that they are going to drain Lake Pillsbury hopefully the Lake County and others can fight to keep the damn in tact until an Agency takes over the water project vs destroying the beauty and needed water for the community. We have had lots of great memories on Lake Pillsbury and seeing this move forward is devastating.