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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Project Operations Compliance Report submitted in FERC P-619-000 by Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Date:Friday, May 15, 2026 5:00:30 PM
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On 5/15/2026, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.:
Filer: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Docket(s): P-619-000
Lead Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Filing Type: Project Operations Compliance Report
Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Company submits response to FERC's 04/15/2026 Comment No. 1 re the construction schedule for the Bucks Storage Dam Low Level Outlet Modification Project of the Bucks Creek
Hydroelectric Project under P-619.
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Power Generation
300 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA 94612
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 28209
Oakland, CA 94604
May 15, 2026
Via Electronic Submittal (E-File)
Frank L. Blackett, P.E., Regional Engineer
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Division of Dam Safety and Inspections
100 First Street, Suite 2300
San Francisco, CA 94105-3084
RE: Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 619-CA
Bucks Storage Dam Low Level Outlet
Response to Comment – Bucks Storage Dam Low Level Outlet Modification
Project
Dear Frank L. Blackett:
This letter presents a response to comments regarding Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s
(PG&E) Bucks Storage Dam Low Level Outlet Modification Project , which is part of PG&E’s
Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) No. 619 .
By letter dated April 15, 2026, FERC authorized PG&E to proceed with procurement of the
valve and requested a response to Comment No. 1, which stated:
We understand the project has been delayed until 2027. Provide a firm completion
date (day, month, year) of the proposed construction project.
In response to Comment No. 1, PG&E provides the following updated construction schedule:
construction is planned to begin on June 1, 2027, and conclude by September 30, 2027.
PG&E intends to notify FERC in the event that any difficulties are encountered in procuring
the fixed cone valve that would result in changes to any aspects of the design, per Comment
No 2.
Should you have technical questions concerning this matter, please contact Ben Fontana,
senior dam safety engineer for PG&E, at (530) 762 -9459. For general questions, please
contact Trevor Moore, senior license coordinator for PG&E, at (530) 205 -7345.
Sincerely,
Kyle Ingvoldsen, P.E.
Supervisor, Power Generation Project Engineering
Document Accession #: 20260515-5189 Filed Date: 05/15/2026
Document Content(s)
PGE20260515_619_BucksStorage_LC_FlowMod_RTC.pdf...........................1
Document Accession #: 20260515-5189 Filed Date: 05/15/2026