# 2025-20916: PG&E Wants To Surrender Something, Government Suspicious

2025-20916, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Application for Surrender of License and Non-Project Use of Project Lands, Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2025-11-25, effective Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests: December 1, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20916
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20916
- Title: Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Application for Surrender of License and Non-Project Use of Project Lands, Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 53301
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests: December 1, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

PG&E Wants To Surrender Something, Government Suspicious

## Summary

Pacific Gas & Electric wants to give up its license for the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project in California and use some project lands for other purposes. This affects local communities, environmental groups, and government agencies who can share their thoughts by December 1, 2025. The change could impact water use and land management, so everyone’s input matters before final decisions are made.

## Effects PRIA read

- Surrender and Dam Removal Proposal: mixed, high. Pacific Gas & Electric filed on July 25, 2025 to surrender the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project and proposes to decommission and remove Scott Dam and associated facilities in Lake and Mendocino counties, California. The proposal also would restore the remnant inundation zones of Lake Pillsbury a…
- Proposal to Allow Continued Water Diversion (NERF): mixed, high. As a condition of surrender, PG&E asks FERC to approve a non-project use so the Eel-Russian Project Authority can build a New Eel-Russian Facility (NERF) on project lands to continue diverting flows from the Eel River watershed to the Russian River watershed. That continued diversion would change h…
- Removal of Recreational Facilities and Land Restoration: cost, medium. PG&E proposes to remove licensed recreational facilities (campgrounds, day-use facilities, kiosk, and boat ramps) associated with the project and restore the affected U.S. Forest Service and PG&E lands. Removing those facilities could reduce public recreation access and affect local recreation-depe…

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## Sources
- [2025-20916 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20916/pacific-gas-and-electric-company-notice-of-application-for-surrender-of-license-and-non-project-use)
- [2025-20916 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20916.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20916 (as of 2026-06-08).