1999 News Releases

December 29- Eligibility criteria remain the same (PR 87 99)

December 28- System Status a "Go" for Y2K
BPA extends invitation to monitor power and transmission system during rollover (PR 86 99)

December 27- Energy Department Helping Pacific Northwest Tribes Take Advantage of Restructured Electricity Market (PR 85 99)

December 13- All-H paper public meeting to be held in Spokane (PR 84 99)

December 2- Vandals cause $6,000 damage to local transmission line (PR 83 99)

November 26- BPA workshops to address region's transmission system and its future costs (PR 82 99)

November 19- BPA increasing flows to welcome returning salmon (PR 81 99)

November 19 - BPA will be on New Year's Eve (PR 80 99)

November 15 - Vandals cause electrical outage (PR 79 99)

November 12 - Federal agencies to release salmon recovery options (PR 78 99)

November 12 - BPA workshops to address region's transmission system, future costs (PR 77 99)

November 12 - BPA workshops to address region's transmission system, future costs (PR 76 99)

November 4 - BPA rate case field hearing set for King County, Wash. (PR 75 99)

October 18 - BPA pays U.S. Treasury $628 million (PR 74 99)

October 15 - BPA will pay for information about crime (PR 73 99)

October 13 - BPA rate case field hearing set for Portland, Ore. (PR 72 99)

October 12 - BPA rate case field hearing set for Springfield, Ore. (PR 71 99)

October 8 - BPA announces senior management changes (PR 70 99)

October 11 - BPA rate case field hearing set for Olympia, Wash. (PR 69 99)

October 6 - Revolutionary new generating technology tobe unveiled Wednesday (PR 68 99)

October 6 - BPA rate case field hearing set for Everett, Wash. (PR 67 99)

October 6 - BPA rate case field hearing set for this evening in Spokane, Wash. (PR 66 99)

October 5 - BPA, Tribes join forces to protect and restore 24,304 acres of prime wildlife habitat in Wheeler County (PR 65 99)

October 4 - BPA, PUDs agree to use fiber optics for public utility, community purposes (PR 64 99)

September 30 - BPA offers up to $1,000 for information on repeated power line vandalism (PR 63 99)

September 24 - DOE security czar visits Pacific Northwest (PR 62 99)

September 21 - Stier to head BPA Washington, D.C. Office (PR 61 99)

September 16 - Vandals shoot out power line insulators BPA offers up to $1,000 for information (PR 60 99)

September 15 - Rural community leaders find the information superhighway on-ramp next week (PR 59 99)

September 14 - Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and City of McCleary Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to McCleary School District No. 65(PR 58 99)

September 14 - Expect traffic delays through Wednesday on Highway 31 (PR 57 99)

September 9 - Midnight Test Provides Utility Sector with Heightened State of Y2K-Readiness

September 7 - DOE Secretary to meet with Northwest energy community (PR 56 99)

September 3 - Energy Secretary Bill Richardson to participate in Y2K utilities drill (PR 55 99)

September 2 - BPA names utilities to receive first fuel cells (PR 54 99)

August 27 - BPA seeks input on pruning problem (PR 53 99)

August 17 - BPA returns island to Mother Nature (PR 52 99)

August 13 - BPA proposes stable power rates for five years (PR 51 99)

July 20 - Clearing of path for power line underway (PR 50 99)

July 20 - Clearing of path for power line underway (PR 49 99)

July 6 - Flathead Electric to buy BPA environmentally preferred power (PR 48 99)

June 22 - BPA meets Northwest's demand for clean power

June 18 - Electricity in a box: BPA constructs house of the future (PR 47 99)

June 3 - First-ever agreement opens information superhighway to rural Oregon (PR 46 99)

June 3 - Bonneville Power Administration and PacifiCorp Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 45 99)

May 27 - Electricity in a box (Portland) (PR 44 99)

May 25 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Electricity in a box (Seattle) (PR 43 99)

May 25 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Electricity in a box (Portland) (PR 42 99)

May 17 - MEDIA ADVISORY: BPA SOLV join Madison High Students to Clean up Johnson Lake (PR 41 99)

May 17 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Wells Rural Electric Company Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 40 99)

May 17 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 39 99)

May 17 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 38 99)

May 17 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and City of Declo Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 37 99)

May 5 - BPA's low-income weatherization program to continue (PR 36 99)

April 29 - Season opens with higher payout for northern pikeminnow (PR 35 99)

April 28 - BPA Energy Efficiency goes international (PR 34 99)

April 26 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 33 99)

April 26 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and City of Burley Electric Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 32 99)

April 26 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and United Electric Cooperative, Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 31 99)

April 21 - Consumers continue to care about the Earth (PR 29 99)

April 19 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Will the lights stay on? West Coast power pundits to ponder Y2K (PR 30 99)

April 15 - Pacific Northwest to benefit from administration bill: Northwest chapter shapes region’s energy future (PR 28 99)

April 14 - MEDIA ADVISORY: BPA and Lower Valley Power and Light, Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 26 99)

April 13 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Big spill for fish begins at Bonneville Dam (PR 27 99)

April 12 - MEDIA ADVISORY: BPA and Fall River employees will deliver late model surplus computer equipment to schools throughout the region. (PR 25 99)

April 9 - Crime Witness Program expands across the west (PR 24 99)

April 9 - Closing gaps on green house gas (PR 23 99)

April 8 - BPA begins construction on state of art energy efficient home (PR 22 99)

April 7 - BPA to announce winning student ad firm at Grant High on Thursday (PR 21 99)

April 7 - Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Pend Oreille County PUD Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local School (PR 20 99)

April 2 - Y2K arrived today...and nothing happened (PR 19 99)

April 2 - Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local Schools (PR 16 99)

April 2 - Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Northern Lights, Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local Schools (PR 15 99)

April 2 - Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Northern Lights, Inc. Donate Surplus Computer Equipment to Local Schools (PR 14 99)

March 29 - Y2K New Year's Eve party (PR 17 99)

March 25 - Industry prepares to keep the lights on in the year 2000 (PR 16 99)

March 15 - Electric utility industry reveals new energy technologies this week (PR 13 99)

March 12 - BPA selects VP of Generation Supply (PR 12 99)

March 3 - BPA will power Flathead Electric Co-op's new customers (PR 11 99)

March 2 - Lakeridge High School wins BPA science bowl (PR 10 99)

Feb. 16 - BPA competition tests high school students' left brains (PR 09 99)

Feb. 16 - Upgrade in line improves West Yellowstone area power service (PR 08 99)

Feb. 10 - Wind, water to light homes, benefit environment (PR 07 99)

Feb. 8 - Scappoose students win BPA middle school science bowl (PR 06 99)

Feb. 3 - BPA moves forward with environmental studies (PR 05 99)

Feb. 2 - BPA + E = MC2 = 280 Oregon students = fun (PR 04 99)

Jan. 21 - "Electric Revolution" set for March (PR 03 99)

Jan. 15 - Bonneville Environmental Foundation receives $1 million (PR 02 99)

Jan. 5 - BPA nears completion on Year 2000 testing for electrical system (PR 01 99)