Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Additional Scoping Sessions on Proposed Surrender, Decommissioning, and Non-Project Use of Project Lands

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 (applicant or PG&E) filed an application to surrender and decommission the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project No. 77. The project is located on the Eel River and East Branch of the Russian River in Lake and Mendocino counties, California. The project occupies federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. On May 22, 2026, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) initiated a scoping process as part of its review and held scoping meetings on June 23 and 24, 2026 in Ukiah, California. On July 24, 2026, Commission staff extended the comment period to September 18, 2026, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, for the filing of scoping comments. By this notice, Commission staff provides notice of two additional public scoping sessions to collect comments on the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the NEPA document. All interested individuals, resource agencies, Native American Tribes, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are invited to attend one or both of the sessions. These additional sessions will follow the format of the June 23 and 24, 2026 sessions. There will be no formal presentations at either session. Numbered tickets will be handed out on a first-come, first-serve basis; individuals will be called in order by ticket number to provide oral comments to be transcribed by a stenographer for…