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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: General Correspondence issued in FERC P-803-000
Date:Thursday, October 16, 2025 10:52:34 AM
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On 10/16/2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C., issued this document:
Docket(s): P-803-000
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: General Correspondence
Description: Letter to Pacific Gas and Electric Company discussing the Designation for non-federal representative to conduct informal consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act re the DeSabla-Centerville Hydroelectric
Project under P-803.
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS
Project Nos. 803-000 – California
DeSabla-Centerville Hydroelectric
Project
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
October 16, 2025
VIA Electronic Mail
Julianne Polanco
1725 23rd Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, California 95816
julianne.polanco@parks.ca.gov
Subject: Designation for non-federal representative to conduct informal consultation
under the National Historic Preservation Act.
Dear Ms. Polanco:
By letter dated October 9, 2025, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee for
the DeSabla-Centerville Hydroelectric Project No. 803,1 requested designation as the
Commission’s non-federal representative for the purpose of informal consultation with
the California State Historic Preservation Officer (California SHPO), pursuant to section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).2 The DeSabla-Centerville Project
is located on Butte Creek and the West Branch Feather River in Butte County, California.
The licensee requests designation in support of the Oro Fino Substation Rebuild
Project. This work is necessary due to the failure of a transformer bank in December
2021. The rebuild will transition the substation to a permanent setup that resolves
operational and safety concerns while supporting long-term reliability for the surrounding
community.
1 Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 11 FERC ¶ 62,207 (1980).
2 The licensee’s designation request can be accessed by following this link:
https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_num=20251009-5032.
Document Accession #: 20251016-3056 Filed Date: 10/16/2025
Project No. 803-000 -2 -
By this letter, we designate the licensee as our non-federal representative for the
purpose of conducting informal consultation with the California SHPO, appropriate
Indian Tribes, and other consultation parties pursuant to the regulations at 36 C.F.R.
§800.2(c)(4) implementing section 106 of the NHPA. As our non-federal representative,
the licensee can perform tasks in support of our compliance with section 106. Such tasks
may include, for example: performing cultural resource surveys and studies, determining
areas of potential effect, identifying eligible properties, determining any adverse effects
to those properties, proposing mitigation to address adverse effects if needed, and
developing a draft Memorandum of Agreement in order to memorialize any proposed
mitigation. However, the Commission remains ultimately responsible for all findings and
determinations made pursuant to section 106.
We appreciate your assistance with section 106 consultation regarding the Oro
Fino Substation Rebuild Project at the DeSabla-Centerville Hydroelectric Project. If you
have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Kelly Fitzpatrick at (202) 502-
8435 or by email at Kelly.Fitzpatrick@ferc.gov.
Sincerely,
for Jot Splenda, Chief
Environmental and Project Review Branch
Division of Hydropower Administration
and Compliance
cc: VIA USPS First Class Mail
Chadwick McCready
Senior License Coordinator
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
P.O. Box 28209
Oakland, CA 94604
Document Accession #: 20251016-3056 Filed Date: 10/16/2025
DIANA
SHANNON
Digitally signed by
DIANA SHANNON
Date: 2025.10.16
09:18:43 -04'00'
Document Content(s)
P-803-000_nonfed letter SHPO.pdf..........................................1
Document Accession #: 20251016-3056 Filed Date: 10/16/2025