Westshore

Updated 2/14/2025 

Hello Westshore Members,

Annual Camp Dues and Paperwork will be emailed out soon. Please remember that everything needs to be filled out completely and, along with your camp dues, returned no later than April 30, 2025. This includes having your camp raked and cleaned by that date as well. If all the above is completed by the deadline, and there are no other issues with your camp, you will receive the gate code by email on May 19, 2025.

Dues can be paid either electronically or by mail: 

Westshore Campers Association
P.O. Box 1071
Windsor, CA 95492

PG&E hosted an on-line presentation of its final draft Surrender Plan on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Here is a summary, provided by Lake Pillsbury Alliance, of the presentation that focused on the decommissioning of Scotts Dam and elimination of Lake Pillsbury. 

Thank you to those of you who took the time to listen to PG&E’s Surrender presentation yesterday. Needless to say, it will take a monumental action to turn the tide on the decommissioning of Scott Dam and elimination of Lake Pillsbury.

Key takeaways:

• PG&E’s draft proposal has two components:
  1) Application to Surrender the License (decommissioning)
  2) Application for Non-Project Use of Project Lands (New Eel Russian Project Facility)
• The removal of Scott Dam is projected to occur over three seasons; the construction work is likely to begin in 2030.
• The New Eel-Russian Facility will only be able to divert water to the Russian River during high flows. There will be no diversions in the low flow summer season.
• This action is not reversible by PG&E.
• FERC cannot deny PG&E’s request, but it will condition it with environmental impact reviews (e.g., environment, water, safety).
• FERC involvement will cease with termination of the license.
• Campgrounds in the Lake Pillsbury basin are slated to be removed. If anyone is interested in taking them over, contact Tony.Gigliotti@pge.com
• Only the roads used for construction will be repaired.

We do want to point out that while not reversible by PG&E, the possibility of a license transfer is still on the table until FERC issues its Final Order.

We are committed to continuing the fight to save Lake Pillsbury throughout the FERC process, where we will have opportunities to provide input on environmental reviews and development of mitigations. We will do everything within our power to push PG&E and State and Federal agencies to address the mitigation needs of those who will be the most directly impacted should Scott Dam be removed.

We strongly encourage all of you to write your highest-level State and Federal elected officials.

After the meeting, PG&E updated the email address to accept public comments. The public comment submittal information below is correct.

Public comments can be submitted via email to PVInquiryPGE@pge.com or by mail to: Tony Gigliotti, Senior Licensing Project Manager, Power Generation, P.O. Box 28209, Oakland, CA 94604

We are committed to keeping our Westshore Members updated on any new information as we receive it.