Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice Extending Comment Period

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 77-332] On July 25, 2025, Pacific Gas and Electric Company filed an application to surrender and decommission the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project No. 77. The project is located on the Eel River and East Fork of the Russian River in Lake and Mendocino counties, California. The project occupies federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. On October 31, 2025, the Commission issued public notice of the application and established December 1, 2025, as the deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests. Since issuance of the notice, multiple parties including the Department of Interior, Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service, County of Lake (California), America First Policy Institute, the Honorable Doug LaMalfa, U.S. House of Representatives, and private citizens, have filed requests to extend the comment period. Requested extensions range from short extensions ( i.e., to December 15, 2025), to as long as 60 and 90 days. Among the reasons cited for the request for extension was the federal lapse of appropriations from October 1 through November 12, 2025, the complexity of issues related to surrender of the project, and additional time would allow more meaningful stakeholder engagement with the Commission. We have reviewed the requests and are extending the deadline for filing comments, interventions, and protests until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 19, 2025. The Commiss…