UKIAH, CA., 3/10/2017 — The time is drawing near for PG&E to apply for a new federal license for the Potter Valley hydroelectric project, which has been generating power and providing water to farmers from Mendocino to Marin for over 100 years. The five-year process of applying for the license will include several opportunities for public input. The last fifty-year license, issued in 1983, was retroactively dated to 1972, which is why PG&E, which owns the Potter Valley facility, is working towards obtaining a license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by 2022. Last week, on March 9, an informational meeting about the process took place at the Ukiah Conference Center, the first of many meetings and discussion about the project, at which the public will be allowed to give input.
Though originally built as a hydroelectric project in the early 1900s, the amount of power generated by the project is now considered fairly small. Still, the tunnel serves an important role in the water infrastructure of the North Coast.
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