Under a 48-party settlement, California regulators have approved removing four hydroelectric dams in the Lower Klamath River system along the Oregon border.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved Pacific Power Co.’s request to transfer ownership of the dams to the Klamath River Renewal Corp. Pacific Power parent PacifiCorp reached the settlement with Oregon and California, several Native American tribes and local groups.
The dams include a 90 MW facility in southern Oregon and three others in Northern California, collectively totaling 65 MW.
PacifiCorp spokesperson Bob Gravely said power output from the Klamath dams would not be replaced on a one-to-one basis, but instead is planned through an integrated resource plan across the six-state system.
“Because the Klamath dams account for less than 2% of PacifiCorp’s overall energy generation, we expect that output can be replaced with existing system resources,” Gravely said.
“When completed, the dam removal project will address declines in fish populations, improve river health, and renew Yurok and Karuk tribal communities and cultures,” CPUC President Marybel Batjer said.
The CPUC minimized the future impacts.
“California’s renewable portfolio standards goals will ensure continued reliance and expansion of clean energy resources by PacifiCorp,” said CPUC spokesperson Terrie Prosper. “The quantity of hydropower accessible to California is determined by various factors (snowpacks, rainfall, Northwest power demands, etc.), not solely the number of hydropower plants online.”
California’s most recent calculations show hydro dams providing slightly under 11% of power generation. The bulk of the electricity supply comes from natural gas (35%) and renewables (31.3%). Nuclear accounts for 9% and the remainder of resources is “unspecified” or from out-of-state coal-fired power.
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