Dams, power lines and statistics: What the Bonneville Power Administration is and does
Eighty-eight years after its creation by an act of Congress, Bonneville Power is widely viewed as both an engine of prosperity in the Northwest, and — at times — an obstacle to environmental goals and economic growth.
Bonneville Power Administration layoffs could impact data centers, union leader says
Amid the Trump administration's efforts to purge the federal workforce, "mass firings" at the Bonneville Power Administration are creating concerns for future energy projects and data center growth in the Pacific Northwest.
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Readers respond: Eviscerating the Bonneville Power Administration
In its latest act of destruction, Elon Musk and his band are forcing out hundreds of federal employees at both the Bonneville Power Administration and Western Area Power Administration, which oversee much of our nation’s Western grid, (“ At least 600 workers to leave BPA, spurring concerns about transmission grid, ” Feb. 14).
30 Bonneville Power Administration workers get jobs back amid hundreds of layoffs and buyouts
After an uproar over staffing cuts at the Bonneville Power Administration, the Trump administration is trying to rehire a handful of staffers it laid off last week.
WA’s leaders blast Trump’s ‘dangerous’ cuts to Bonneville Power Administration’s staff
A Bonneville Power Administration’s 75-mile-long high-voltage power line near Paterson that was completed in late 2011. Tri-City Herald file Washington’s leaders are warning that the region ...
Bonneville Power Administration reverses 30 job cuts, continues with plans to eliminate 430 positions
Roughly 130 of BPA’s more than 3,000 employees were told they’d been dismissed last week, as part of large-scale job cuts initiated by the Trump administration. But 30 of those workers were later deemed critical to BPA’s core work to manage power across the Pacific Northwest,
Bonneville Power Administration brings back some federal employees after mass layoffs
About 30 of the more than 100 employees fired over the weekend were told they'd be keeping their jobs after all.
Trump cuts at BPA endanger Northwest power system
These three administration programs — early outs plus early retirements plus likely release of probationary employees with ...
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Bonneville Power staff departures under President Trump raise concerns about Northwest electrical grid
Losing a large chunk of its highly trained workforce will hinder the agency’s ability to perform core functions, the BPA ...
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Trump admin backpedals on public power staffing cuts
The layoffs at the Bonneville Power Administration and other public power agencies raised concerns of increased blackouts in ...
Dam Employee Firings Threaten Power Disruptions in Northwest
West Coast states and members of Congress worry that mass federal employee firings at Bureau of Reclamation dams and at the ...
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“What they’re doing is losing people with the experience and knowledge about how to operate the system.”
Clark County may soon see longer and more frequent power outages, as the Bonneville Power Administration and region’s Army ...
At least 600 workers to leave BPA, spurring concerns about transmission grid
The Bonneville Power Administration, the region’s largest transmission grid operator, will lose at least 600 workers under ...
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BPA Says Power Rate Increases Could Come in 2025
The BPA, or Bonneville Power Administration, is a non-profit federal entity that sells power to much of the Pacific Northwest ...