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September 18, 2025
Via Electronic Submittal (E-File)
Debbie-Anne Reese, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Division of Hydropower Administration and Compliance
888 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20426
RE: DeSabla-Centerville Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 803-CA
Fishery Mitigation Plan Regarding 2023 Project Canal Incident – Extension of
Time Request
Dear Secretary Reese:
This letter presents Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) request for an extension of
time to submit the final Fisheries Mitigation Plan (Plan) required by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) November 19, 2024, letter for the DeSabla-Centerville
Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 803. On June 18, 2025, PG&E provided a status update on
consultation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and requested until September 18, 2025, to continue to
coordinate with Agencies to determine if we can reach a funding agreement for the required
mitigation. FERC approved PG&E’s request on August 14, 2025.
PG&E has been consulting with CDFW and NMFS since February 2025 to develop a plan
that mitigates the adverse effects for the loss of 54-59 percent (51-55 adults) of adult spring-
run Chinook, or the assumed quantity of juvenile salmon that would have resulted from the
partially-lost 2023 cohort. PG&E has completed and shared multiple technical studies,
including habitat assessments, temperature modeling, and a mitigation framework, and has
participated in more than seven formal meetings with the agencies.
While PG&E and the agencies agree that a captive broodstock program is a potential
mitigation pathway, there remains a significant gap in scope, cost, and duration. PG&E’s
internal analysis estimates that a short-term demographic replacement strategy, targeting
production of 175,000 fry, satisfies the requirement to mitigate the adverse effects for the loss
of 51-55 adult spring-run Chinook described in the FERC letter. In contrast, the agencies
have proposed a multi-generational hatchery program which PG&E believes exceeds the
scale of mitigation required under the FERC letter.
PG&E remains committed to continued consultation; however, due to the gap in the
proposals more time is needed to see if we can reach alignment on the program scale. To
allow continued consultation and avoid premature submittal of a plan, PG&E respectfully
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
Debbie-Anne Reese, Secretary
September 18, 2025
Page 2
requests an extension of time to file the final mitigation plan until January 31, 2026. PG&E
intends to coordinate with the agencies and develop a schedule of meetings that will move
forward this discussion.
Email consultation that has occurred since PG&E’s June 18, 2025, letter has been provided
in (Enclosure 1).
If you have questions or comments regarding this matter, please contact Sky Ramirez-Doble,
license coordinator for PG&E, at (530) 250-7002.
Sincerely,
Janet Walther
Director, Hydro Licensing & Compliance
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Enclosure:
1. Email consultation following June 18, 2025, letter
cc: via email w/enclosure
Cathy Marcinkevage, NMFS – cathy.marcinkevage@noaa.gov
Ellen Roots, NMFS - Ellen.roots@noaa.gov
Hannah Mone, NMFS - hannah.mone@noaa.gov
Morgan Kilgour, CDFW – morgan.kilgour@wildlife.ca.gov
Anna Allison, CDFW - Anna.allison@wildlife.ca.gov
Beth Lawson, CDFW - Beth.lawson@wildlife.ca.gov
Colin Purdy, CDFW - colin.purdy@wildlife.ca.gov
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
ENCLOSURE 1
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
From:Purdy, Colin@Wildlife
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Subject:RE: Butte Canal FERC Mitigation Status
Date:Wednesday, September 17, 2025 5:08:46 PM
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Hello Sky,
Thank you for your email. CDFW agrees with PG&E’s proposal to request an extension of time for the
reasons explained in Janet’s September 15, 2025, email. CDFW does not have availability on the
dates proposed by PG&E for a meeting to discuss next steps and would appreciate PG&E providing
some additional date options over the next couple of weeks.
For discussion at this upcoming meeting, CDFW requests PG&E provide the resources and
information related to the science-based information used to analyze the broodstock mitigation
proposal. Specifically, it appears the information regarding the Hatcheries and Inland Fisheries Fund
and hatchery costs referenced in Janet’s email on September 15, 2025, has been misinterpreted by
PG&E as these funds are specific to production of trout and inland salmon that are produce for
recreation harvest within inland waters. It does not account for the full costs associated with
hatchery production and tagging of anadromous fall-run Chinook Salmon in the Central Valley and we
are not aware of PG&E attempting to discuss this information with the Department to clarify their
understanding. Further, the focus of FERC’s November 17, 2024 order was for PG&E to mitigate the
adverse effects for the loss of wild, non-harvestable, State and federally threatened spring-run
Chinook salmon, and not harvestable trout or inland salmon. Although we are still reviewing the
material provided by PG&E, CDFW has concerns with PG&E’s understanding of the funding
requirements for a broodstock program specific to a State and federally threatened, non-harvestable
species such as spring-run Chinook salmon.
We look forward to discussing this further in the upcoming meeting.
Thanks,
Colin Purdy, M.S.
Environmental Program Manager - Fisheries
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region
1701 Nimbus Rd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 I Office (916) 358-2943 I Cell (916) 704-2154 I Fax
(916) 358-2912
Colin.Purdy@wildlife.ca.gov
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Hi all,
Following up on Janet Walther’s email below, we’d like to schedule an initial meeting to discuss next
steps. PG&E is available:
Monday (9/22) before noon
Tuesday (9/23) before noon
Wednesday (9/24) before noon
Please let us know if any of these window’s work for your team, or if there are alternative times that
would be preferable.
Kindly,
Sky Ramirez-Doble
He/Him/His
Hydro License Coordinator | Power Generation
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
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Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
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Subject: RE: Butte Canal FERC Mitigation Status
All:
PG&E has taken the last couple of months to research public, science-based information and analyze
the brood stock mitigation proposal submitted by the agencies. Below and attached are PG&E’s
comments on the proposal.
In addition, we recognize that this has taken more time than expected and the mitigation proposal is
due to FERC September 18, 2025. PG&E plans to file an extension of time (EOT) request to FERC to
allow continued discussions with the agencies with an objective to reach a mutually agreeable
mitigation proposal. However, it does appear that we are far apart, and we have much work ahead
of us. PG&E’s other option would be to submit our initial plan for in-river, habitat-based mitigation
strategies to meet our FERC requirement. Recognizing the agencies do not support that proposal,
this is not our desired path forward and we would like to spend more time to see if we can move
toward alignment.
Attached is a more detailed response, however based on the information obtained by PG&E, the
costs and scope of the brood stock program proposed by the agencies to meet the FERC mitigation
requirements exceeds, both in costs and actions, what PG&E determines is commensurate with the
requirements.
PG&E understands the desire for CDFW to move their current temporary brood stock
program from U.C. Davis and include the brood stock program associated with the Butte
Creek Canal Failure into the new Hatchery. PG&E does not agree, however, that it is our
responsibility to provide $8-10 million to rehab an existing hatchery and fund a program that
will far exceed in years and juvenile production the mitigation requirements for the Butte
Canal failure.
PG&E does not concur with the agency determination that seven years of Monitoring and
Operations is necessary to meet the mitigation requirements as our requirement is:
“To moderate the observable effects, we are requiring that you prepare a plan to
mitigate the adverse effects for the loss of 54-59 percent (51-55 adults) of adult spring-run
Chinook, or the assumed quantity of juvenile salmon that would have resulted from the
partially lost 2023 cohort.”
PG&E’s range of costs analysis reached utilizing public, science-based information, per
attachment are calculated as:
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
It is PG&E’s opinion that the costs above should be the baseline for discussions moving forward.
PG&E is requesting to meet with the agencies either Friday, September 19 or Monday, September
22 to discuss if we have a path forward to reach agreement, and if so, develop a plan and schedule
that keeps discussions on track to meet the updated FERC deadline (yet to be determined).
Thank you.
Janet
Janet Walther, Director
Hydro Licensing & Compliance
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Janet.walther@pge.com
Mobile: 916-201-6394
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Thanks for the update Janet.
From: Walther, Janet <JMW3@pge.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 2:06 PM
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Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
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PG&E’s goals is to meet FERC requirements issued in their Notice of Violoation issued on
November 19, 2024 (FERC NOV). The action required is,
“To moderate the observable effects, we are requiring that you prepare a plan to mitigate the
adverse effects for the loss of 54-59 percent (51-55 adults) of adult spring-run Chinook, or the
assumed quantity of juvenile salmon that would have resulted from the partially-lost 2023
cohort. Mitigative action may include habitat improvement, fish stocking, fish passage
improvements, funding for habitat improvement projects or brood stock rearing, or other similar
measures. Any such proposal should offset the adverse effects to fishery resources from the
August 2023 event and should be developed in conjunction with the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) and the California DFW “
PG&E provided a report with a series of mitigation actions targeted at habitat restoration. These
proposed mitigation actions focused on improving natural production and long-term ecosystem
function (PG&E 2025c). Habitat-based mitigation strategies were not selected by California
Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).
However, CDFW and NMFS proposed the use of propagation to meet the mitigation
requirements. Brood stock rearing was identified as a potential mitigative option in the FERC
NOV; however, per the FERC NOV the required action is to mitigate for the “assumed quanity
of juvenile salmon that would have resulted from the paritally-lost 2023 cohort”. The PG&E
2025 document provides an estimate of pre-spawn survival, fecundity, and egg-to-fry survival in
natural, Butte Creek conditions. They determined that the loss of 55 adults is equivalent to the
production of 35,000 to 175,000 fry (PG&E 2025c). This number was derived using
scientifically credible literature (this estimate could be modified if CDFW or NMFS have more
accurate scientifically derived estimates). A demographic replacement mitigation strategy
should aim to produce and release a comparable number of juveniles to compensate for this
production loss due to the 2023 canal breach, and this should not result in a long-term hatchery
commitment. In addition, keeping hatchery influence short-term will protect the genetic integrity
and sustainability of this special population of salmon.
A range of hatchery spawning and rearing costs were estimated using the $30M allocated to the
Hatchery and Inland Fisheries Fund as part of the 2025-26 California State budget
(SeafoodSource 2025). This budget allocation supports the production of 20-30 million juvenile
Chinook Salmon, raised in hatcheries, and released by CDFW per year (CDFW 2023, 2025).
Average production cost per unit (juvenile) is $1.00 - $1.50. This average production cost can be
multiplied by the mitigation target (175,000 fry) to approximate the cost required to fund the
mitigation action. The range in costs was calculated as:
$30M
20-30M juveniles = $1.00 - $1.50 per juvenile × 175,000 fry = $175,000 - $262,500
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
Based on previous budget allocations and the estimated amount of reproductive loss of the 2023
canal breach an estimated amount of $175,000 to $262,000 should be the baseline of the
mitigation costs of the reproductive loss unless CDFW can provide more information on how to
derive cost for the production of 175,000 fry.
In a CDFW letter to FERC dated March 4, 2025, they refer to the small population of only 51
individuals, observed during the 2024 holding period, as part of their rationale for a need of 7
years of mitigation. However, PG&E should not be held responsible for those small spawning
population numbers as there are many external factors (e.g., downstream river and estuary
conditions during emigration and migration, ocean conditions, and harvest) that PG&E does not
influence.
PG&E completed all monitoring detailed in the plan titled Monitoring Plan for Assessing Effects
of the Butte Canal Slide on Benthic Macroinvertebrate and Fish Habitat for assessing effects,
dated January 23, 2024, developed in consultation with agencies. As documented in the PG&E’s
2024 and 2025 reports that assessed impacts of the canal breach, there was no indication of long-
term impacts to spawning, holding or rearing habitats or benthic macroinvertebrate populations
(PG&E 2024, 2024b, 2025a and 2025b). To that point, 2023 data collected shortly after the canal
breach indicate that neither spawning gravels nor benthic macroinvertebrates showed any
degradation that would impair the success of egg or juvenile fry development. PG&E is
committed to taking responsibility for the reproductive loss that resulted in the direct mortality of
pre-spawning individuals exposed to the turbidity caused by the canal breach. PG&E, however,
should not be held responsible for long-term production enhancement of the species (i.e.,
hatcheries), especially given that there are no indications that the canal breach resulted in long-
term impacts to naturally occurring, spawning, holding or rearing habitats.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). 2023. CDFW Completes Release of 23 million Fall-
Run Chinook Salmon. Accessed 16 July 2025. Available at:
https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/cdfw-completes-release-of-23-million-fall-run-chinook-
salmon.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). 2025. CDFW Adjusts Salmon Releases to Support
Sacramento River Populations. Accessed 16 July 2025. Available at:
https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/cdfw-adjusts-salmon-releases-to-support-sacramento-river-
populations.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). 2024a. 2023 Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Related
to the Butte Canal Breach. April 2024. Oakland, CA. Prepared by Spring Rivers Ecological
Sciences LLC, Cassel, CA.
PG&E. 2024b. Butte Canal Breach Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Habitat Assessment.
February 2024. Oakland, CA. Prepared by Cramer Fish Sciences, West Sacramento, CA.
PG&E. 2024c. The Monitoring Plan for Assessing the Effects of the Butte Canal Slide on Fisheries and
BMI. Oakland, CA.
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 2025a. 2024 Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Related to the
Butte Canal Breach. March 2025. Oakland, CA. Prepared by Spring Rivers Ecological Sciences
LLC, Cassel, CA.
PG&E. 2025b. Butte Canal Breach Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Habitat Assessment:
Year 2 Study. February 2025. Oakland, CA. Prepared by Cramer Fish Sciences, West Sacramento,
CA.
PG&E. 2025c. Framework for Evaluating Mitigation Alternatives for Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook
Salmon in Butte Creek. May 2025. Oakland, CA. Prepared by Cramer Fish Sciences, West
Sacramento, CA.
SeafoodSource. 2025. California Governor Gavin Newsom includes salmon, hatchery spending in 2025-
26 state budget. Accessed 16 July 2025. Available at:
https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/california-governor-includes-
salmon-and-hatchery-spending-in-2025-26-budget.
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
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Thanks for the follow up Anna. Please expect an email in the next day or so to schedule a
meeting. The expectation is PG&E will provide you with a summary of our assessment prior to
the meeting for your review. We should be able to get that out to you late this week or early
next week, with the meeting following.
Janet
Janet Walther, Director
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Janet.walther@pge.com
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Hi Janet,
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
Butte Creek Fisheries Mitigation Plan for the DeSabla-Centerville Project No. 803.
CDFW is interested in the status of PG&E’s counter funding proposal in support of a
broodstock program as discussed below in this email thread.
Thanks,
Anna
Anna Allison
Senior Environmental Scientist Supervisor
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
North Central Region Fisheries
Chico Field Office
(916) 272-4373
Anna.Allison@wildlife.ca.gov
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Anna:
Thank you for the additional detail provided responding to PG&E’s questions. We are currently
reviewing the information to assist us in developing a counter funding proposal in support of a Brood
Stock program for the FERC required mitigation due to the Butte Canal failure. Currently, PG&E does
not have any additional questions and as of yet, I do not have a timeline for our proposal. I expect to
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
be able to provide a timeline by early next week.
As you are aware PG&E will be submitting an extension of time (EOT) request to FERC this week.
The EOT will provide the status of meetings, information shared to date and request additional time
for PG&E and agencies to continue to discuss funding for a Brood Stock program to meet FERC’s
mitigation requirements.
Unless we hear back that CDFW and/or NMFS would like to move forward with today’s check-in, I do
plan to cancel and will ask Sky to work with everyone to get dates on the calendar starting a week or
so out so we can continue the discussions.
Thank you.
Janet
Janet Walther, Director
Hydro Licensing & Compliance
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Janet.walther@pge.com
Mobile: 530-966-4615
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Subject: RE: PG&E Follow up Questions - FERC No. 803: Consultation on Fishery Mitigation
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Hi Janet,
CDFW’s responses to the attachment you sent by email on June 10, 2025 with PG&E’s
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
comments and clarifying questions on the proposed mitigation proposal to support a
broodstock program for Butte Creek spring-run chinook salmon are provided in the document
attached to this email.
Thanks,
Anna
Anna Allison
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife
North Central Region Fisheries
Chico Field Office
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Anna, Colin, and Ellen:
Thank you for yesterday’s discussion and initial feedback on PG&E’s clarifying questions on the
proposed mitigation to support a Broodstock Program. As we discussed once PG&E receives your
response, we will discuss internally and bring forward PG&E’s proposal to CDFW and NMFS.
Janet
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
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Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025
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PGE20250918_803_DeSabla_Fisheries_EOT2.pdf................................1
Document Accession #: 20250918-5062 Filed Date: 09/18/2025