Potter Valley dam comments close Friday as Southern California district keeps fighting to join case

MENDOCINO CO., 9/13/26 — Anyone who wants a say in what federal regulators study before two Eel River dams come out has until 2 p.m. Friday to put it in writing, according to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission notice.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. applied in July 2025 to surrender its license for the Potter Valley Project and remove Scott Dam, which forms Lake Pillsbury in Lake County, and Cape Horn Dam downstream in Mendocino County.

The commission will hold its last two spoken-comment sessions at the Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Speakers take numbered tickets at the door and give comments to a stenographer. There are no presentations. People who spoke at the June sessions in Ukiah don’t need to return…

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