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"Two dams in Northern California could be razed under PG&E plan" (SF Chron, so presumably paywalled)

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. submitted a request to federal regulators Friday to tear down an aging hydroelectric project in Mendocino and Lake counties, a $530 million demolition that would include removal of two dams on the Eel River.

The decommissioning plan that PG&E filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission calls for preserving the project’s water-delivery system. ... The [new] agency [to take over water delivery], though, wouldn’t be able to ship as much water and would likely charge more for it.

The fate of the power project and future water deliveries in the region is now in the hands of FERC. ... The soonest project demolition might begin would be late 2028.

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"Two dams in Northern California could be razed under PG&E plan" (SF Chron, so presumably paywalled)

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. submitted a request to federal regulators Friday to tear down an aging hydroelectric project in Mendocino and Lake counties, a $530 million demolition that would include removal of two dams on the Eel River.

The decommissioning plan that PG&E filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission calls for preserving the project’s water-delivery system. ... The [new] agency [to take over water delivery], though, wouldn’t be able to ship as much water and would likely charge more for it.

The fate of the power project and future water deliveries in the region is now in the hands of FERC. ... The soonest project demolition might begin would be late 2028.