United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548

By Hobson, David L.

Book Id: WPLBN0000180785
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548
Author:	Hobson, David L.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
Historic Publication Date:
Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


Citation APA MLA Chicago L. Hobso, B. D. (n.d.). United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548. Retrieved from https://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) provides about 45 percent of all electric power consumed in the Pacific Northwest-Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The power that BPA markets and distributes is generated in large part at hydroelectric projects including dams in the Federal Columbia River Power System (federal power system). BPA also owns and operates about 75 percent of the region?s transmission lines. BPA charges for the power it sells and for its transmission services. Under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, BPA is responsible for ensuring an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply for the Pacific Northwest. To do so, BPA balances the needs of its customers against the highly variable water resources available for generating electricity. In maintaining this balance, BPA sometimes exchanges power through purchases, sales, or otherwise with utilities and other entities within and outside the Pacific Northwest. In addition to providing power, BPA is required under the 1980 act, various other statutes, treaties and court cases, to ?protect, mitigate, and enhance? fish and wildlife resources affected by the federal power system.