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PG&E Proposal Impacts 500 Miles of CA Rivers
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) operates 22 hydropower projects on 500 river miles across California that American Whitewater has spent nearly 30 years of work to protect and restore. This includes whitewater reaches on the North Fork Feather, the Pit, the McCloud, Butte Creek, Fordyce, the South Yuba, the Bear, the Eel, the Mokelumne, the San Joaquin and the North Fork Kings. Now, in an application before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), PG&E is proposing to transfer all non-nuclear assets including these 22 hydropower projects to a new and separate subsidiary, Pacific Generation LLC (PacGen).
Analysis of the new Clean Water Act Section 401 Rule
On September 5, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order that reaffirms the California State Water Board’s authority to enforce a “water quality certification” for new hydropower licenses granted to projects such as the Upper...![Vamos Outdoors Project x American Rivers Float the Mighty Skagit River: A Photo Essay](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2722_019-1024x679-1-1024x675.jpg)
Vamos Outdoors Project x American Rivers Float the Mighty Skagit River: A Photo Essay
In June 2023, American Rivers teamed up once again with the Vamos Outdoors Project to float the Wild and Scenic Skagit River. Students from Latine, Migrant, Multilingual, and Newcomer families enjoyed a vibrant afternoon on an ecological gem of a river right in their...![Presidential Memorandum directs federal agencies to restore healthy and abundant salmon populations across the Columbia River Basin](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IRUlogoclearbackground.png)