Bonneville Power Administration

Bonneville Power Administration
Agency overview
FormedAugust 20, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-08-20)
JurisdictionU.S. government
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon, U.S.
Agency executive
  • John Hairston, administrator
Parent agency U.S. Department of Energy
Websitewww.bpa.gov Edit this at Wikidata

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is an American federal agency operating in the Pacific Northwest. BPA was created by an act of Congress in 1937 to market electric power from the Bonneville Dam located on the Columbia River and to construct facilities necessary to transmit that power. Congress has since designated Bonneville to be the marketing agent for power from all of the federally owned hydroelectric projects in the Pacific Northwest. Bonneville is one of four regional Federal power marketing agencies within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Map of the BPA service area (green) with facilities:
  BPA transmission lines
  Non-BPA lines
Federal dam
Logo used to commemorate 75 years of the Bonneville Power Administration.
Construction of high voltage line
High voltage transmission right-of-way cleared for construction
Linemen installing high-voltage insulators
Construction of high voltage pylon
Spanning wires