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De Sabla : P-803

Description

This project owned by PG&E is located on Butte Creek in California. 

This 26.4 MW project generates an annual average of 160.6 GWh.

It consists of three dams: Toadtown, De Sabla, and Centerville. Toadtown and De Sabla have one generating unit and Centerville has two.


Issues

Water quality issues: high temperatures below Centerville Powerhouse (6000 salmon killed during the summer of 2003)

Fishery values: Butte Creek is currently the largest spring-run Chinook salmon run in the Central Valley

Threatened/endangered: spring-run Chinook salmon

Recreational values: Access is an issue

Other values: This is the first FERC relicensing in California to use the new Integrated Licensing Process (ILP).


Generating Capacity

26.65

License



License Expiration Date

2009-10-11

License Issued Date

1980-06-12

License Notes

Licensee

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO

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Source URL:
http://www.hydroreform.org//projects/de-sabla-p-803