Water flows from the Potter Valley Project powerhouse toward Lake Mendocino in Potter Valley, Calif., on May 23. Written comments on what federal regulators should study before PG&E removes Scott and Cape Horn dams are due at 2 p.m. Friday. (Roger Coryell/Bay City News)

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. 

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