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The funding, which comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will support a study options for water diversion from the Eel River to the Russian River that will have the least amount of impact on salmon and steelhead trout.
A new joint powers authority between Sonoma and Mendocino entities will have the power to negotiate a purchase of a PG&E hydropower plant for water diversion.
Pacific Gas & Electric has released a draft of its plan to surrender the Potter Valley Project, a hydroelectric dam in Mendocino County which diverts water from the Eel River to the Russian River.
At a special meeting scheduled Wednesday afternoon, the Ukiah City Council is expected to "receive a presentation from Northern California Power Agency on the basics of power supply in California."