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.
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
By cutting the Bonneville Power Administration, President Trump is increasing the risk of blackouts in our region,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “This is dangerous.”
Bonneville Power staffing cuts increase odds of power outage
The staffing cuts and layoffs at BPA have fueled worries for many in the Northwest that the heat and lights could go out. The possibility of that happening is greater than it was before, former
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 the western U.S.
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,
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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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Bonneville Power Administration brings back some federal employees after mass layoffs
PORTLAND, Oregon — Amid hundreds of jobs lost at the Bonneville Power Administration, a fraction of affected employees are getting their jobs back. That's according to a source familiar with the ...
Mass layoffs at Bonneville Power Administration raise concerns about reliability of power grid
Losing 20% of BPA's workforce could leave the Pacific Northwest in the dark due to unplanned outages, according to a former ...
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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 ...
Wyden, Merkley press Trump on 'reckless' BPA cuts
There are real fears that the Bonneville Power Administration's operation of the Pacific Northwest's electricity grid could ...
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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 ...