BPA Penalties May Trickle Down to Customers
Posted on Oct 15, 2013 in Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on BPA Penalties May Trickle Down to Customers
The electric coops, municipal systems and public utility districts that are customers of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in the Pacific Northwest may be stuck paying for an investigation of the agency’s flawed hiring practices, according to an October 8 report of the Department of Energy’s inspector general. Because the BPA is a self-funded, non-profit federal agency, its ratepayers pick up its outlays. The likely cost of the investigation is more than $3 million, which would cover the cost of re-reviewing about 1,200 employment files and compensating those harmed by BPA’s hiring practices. Read more here.
