Alameda County Flood Control v. Department of Water Resources

ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20038
No(s). C065522 (Cal. Ct. App. 3d Dist. Feb 15, 2013)

A California appellate court upheld the California Department of Water Resources' (DWR's) method for crediting State Water Project (SWP) water recipients with revenues from hydropower generated at the Oroville Dam. DWR purchases the hydropower for use within the SWP, but some of it is pooled with ot...