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BPA workforce cuts worry regional utilities; Monmouth told to watch transmission projects
Summary
City staff updated council on workforce reductions at the Bonneville Power Administration: roughly 400 employees departed (about 13–14% of 3,100), transmission work and project timelines may be affected, and regional utility groups are lobbying federal leaders; Monmouth’s municipal utility expects limited immediate rate impact.
City staff updated Monmouth council on a regional staffing reduction at the Bonneville Power Administration that officials and utilities say could slow transmission projects and complicate efforts to add new generation to the grid.
Wade Carey, reporting on outreach with BPA and regional utility groups, said BPA had lost roughly 400 employees out of about 3,100 staff — a reduction of about 13–14 percent. Carey said roughly 230 employees accepted a deferred-resignation offer, offers were…
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