John Hairston was hired on Tuesday after a monthslong search, replacing Frank Lawson who announced plans to retire last year. Washington's departing commerce director said there’s added urgency to get ...

The layoffs at the Bonneville Power Administration and other public power agencies raised concerns of increased blackouts in the western U.S. The Trump administration this weekend reversed some ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Bonneville Power Administration, which distributes hydropower from federal dams through transmission lines to provide electricity to companies like Portland General ...

The Bonneville Power Administration is attempting to rehire the staff it fired last month, after weeks of public outcry against the Trump administration’s cuts to the self-funded federal agency. FILE ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Powerlines above the Columbia River move electricity from the Bonneville Dam to customers across the region in Hood River County, ...

A pedestrian takes in a view of the Bonneville Dam from the Washington side of the Columbia River on Tuesday morning. The dam generates power distributed by Bonneville Power Administration. (Photos by ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Bonneville Power Administration quietly erased its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs this week following President Donald Trump’s executive order terminating DEI programs ...

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 BPA.

Chaos over the Trump administration's firing of federal government workers has even permeated a little-known agency at the center of the Pacific Northwest's largest source of electricity. This is ...

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) said in a notice to be published in the July 14 Federal Register that it is issuing its Record of Decision approving the final Whistling Ridge Energy Project ...

Powerlines above the Columbia River move electricity from the Bonneville Dam to customers across the region in Hood River County, Oregon, on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital ...