PG&E releases draft surrender application and conceptual decommissioning plan

Earlier this month, PG&E published its initial draft surrender application and conceptual decommissioning plan. You can visit this website to read the full plan.

The password to view the document is PV_Surrender.

The application provides the following information:

• Description of existing project

• Reason for the license surrender

• Description of PG&E’s Conceptual Decommissioning plan including: the removal of Scott and Cape Horn Dam followed by site restoration; restoration of Lake Pillsbury and Van Arsdale Reservoir; removal and restoration of recreational facilities; abandoning in place and capping underground project facilities; leaving in place project facility access roads on private land; and removal or leaving in place the remaining Project support facilities and features.

The deadline for comments on the initial draft is December 22.