Kilarc Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project FERC License Surrender

Client: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

Location: San Francisco, CA

Summary: Cardno ENTRIX is conducting the analysis for the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to surrender the license for the Kilarc-Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project. After conducting relicensing studies in 2002-2003, PG&E concluded that the project would no longer be feasible to operate. License surrender will decommission two developments constructed between 1904 and 1907 on tributaries to the Sacramento River, including removal of several small diversion dams, seven miles of water conveyance facilities and two powerhouses with a total installed capacity of 5 megawatts (MW). Cardno ENTRIX is conducting a socioeconomic analysis for the application, including impacts to population, housing, employment, tax revenue, and property value.